Total Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Close area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oakengates & Ketley Bank , and the 257th lowest crime rate of 558 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Garden Close (TF2 6QB) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.6% lower than the Oakengates & Ketley Bank average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Close (TF2 6QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wrockwardine Wood & Trench| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pegasus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hollyhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pegasus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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