Crime Rates at Furnace Lane, Trench, Telford, TF2 7JA

Furnace Lane 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 Furnace Lane (TF2 7JA) 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 Furnace Lane (TF2 7JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dickins Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapel Grove (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.