Total Crime Rate

106.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 106.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Burnside area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 16 local areas in Brookside , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 562 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 Burnside (TF3 1SR) in the last 12 months was 106.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% higher than the Brookside average (106.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnside (TF3 1SR), the main crime hotspot is near Bishopdale. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Burnside area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brackenfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burnside
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blossomfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishopdale
Sep 2025Other theft Bishopdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bishopdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishopdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bournbrook Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishopdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishopdale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishopdale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishopdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishopdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bishopdale Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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