Total Crime Rate

552.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 552.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 158.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 135.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 91.2 10/10
  • Public order 50.0 10/10
  • Other theft 23.5 10/10
  • Drugs 20.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Robbery 14.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • 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

Church Street area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Ketley , and the 10th highest crime rate of 562 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (TF2 6BU) in the last 12 months was 552.9 per 1,000 residents and was 522.5% higher than the Ketley average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 211.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (TF2 6BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Oakengates Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashfields —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Robbery Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Trinity View Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Innes Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wesley Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wesley Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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