Total Crime Rate

124.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.0 10/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Skylark View area has the 7th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Ketley , and the 118th highest crime rate of 562 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 Skylark View (TF1 5DU) in the last 12 months was 124.3 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% higher than the Ketley average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skylark View (TF1 5DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Lane, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sutherland Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Skylark View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitmounds Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princess Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princess Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Skylark View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting School Lane Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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