Total Crime Rate
280.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
179.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Talbot Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oakengates & Ketley Bank , and the 31st 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 Talbot Road (TF2 7LB) in the last 12 months was 280.5 per 1,000 residents and was 235.3% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 179.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Talbot Road (TF2 7LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 29 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.
View Crime In Wrockwardine Wood & Trench| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | 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 | Talbot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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