Total Crime Rate
108.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dutton Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Cheswardine , and the 129th highest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .
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 Dutton Close (TF9 2JW) in the last 12 months was 108.5 per 1,000 residents and was 250.2% higher than the Cheswardine average (31.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dutton Close (TF9 2JW), the main crime hotspot is near Dutton Close. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hodnet| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dutton Close | Under investigation |
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