Total Crime Rate

82.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eltham Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Donnington , and the 220th highest crime rate of 562 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Eltham Drive (TF2 9NQ) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Donnington average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eltham Drive (TF2 9NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Archway Drive, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterlow Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Eltham Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambeth Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Waterlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterlow Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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