Total Crime Rate
124.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gibbons Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oakengates & Ketley Bank , and the 117th 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 Gibbons Road (TF2 7JP) in the last 12 months was 124.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.1% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gibbons Road (TF2 7JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lennock Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near James Nelson Crescent (13 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 | Possession of weapons | Gibbons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | James Nelson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Davies Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malcolm Davies Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Nelson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Avenue | 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 | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lennock Road | Under investigation |
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