Total Crime Rate
98.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oakengates & Ketley Bank , and the 159th highest crime rate of 558 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 Church Road (TF2 7HJ) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -51.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Road (TF2 7HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 29 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 | Other theft | James Nelson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gibbons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malcolm Davies Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Davies Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Nelson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lennock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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