Total Crime Rate
104.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Castle Houses area has the 7th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Ercall Magna , and the 162nd 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 Castle Houses (TF1 6RB) in the last 12 months was 104.3 per 1,000 residents and was 192.2% higher than the Ercall Magna average (35.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Castle Houses (TF1 6RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cricketers Drive, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ercall Magna| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cricketers Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadley Lodge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Riven Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Riven Road | — |
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