Crime Rate in Horsehay & Lightmoor, ward

Horsehay & Lightmoor has the 11th lowest crime rate of 32 wards in Telford and Wrekin district and the 2854th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 265th lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Horsehay & Lightmoor in the last 12 months was 53.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% lower than the Telford and Wrekin district average (96.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Horsehay & Lightmoor’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 243 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 185.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -35.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 281 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Horsehay & Lightmoor ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Griffiths Avenue. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.