Total Crime Rate
105.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oak View area has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Market Drayton East , and the 139th highest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oak View (TF9 3QS) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher than the Market Drayton East average (100.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oak View (TF9 3QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shropshire Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cheshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shropshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shropshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clive Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mary'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newtown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unicorn Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mercian Court | Under investigation |
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