Total Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Duddell Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Horsehay & Lightmoor , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 558 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Duddell Street (TF4 2GL) in the last 12 months was 17.1 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower than the Horsehay & Lightmoor average (57.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Duddell Street (TF4 2GL), the main crime hotspot is near Ralphs Close. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lawley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wooley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bartholomew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smallhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tom Morgan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wooley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wooley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wooley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wooley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ralphs Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Village Drive | Under investigation |
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