Total Crime Rate
124.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poolhill Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Dawley & Aqueduct , and the 118th highest crime rate of 558 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Poolhill Road (TF4 3AX) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.4% higher than the Dawley & Aqueduct average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 76.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poolhill Road (TF4 3AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elvin Close, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fence Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horsehay & Lightmoor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Suffolk Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clydesdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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