Total Crime Rate

97.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.8 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lawns Wood area has the 20th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Dawley & Aqueduct , and the 160th highest crime rate of 558 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lawns Wood (TF3 2HR) in the last 12 months was 97.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% higher than the Dawley & Aqueduct average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawns Wood (TF3 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sussex Grove (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawns Wood area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Withywood Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sussex Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spout Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sussex Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sussex Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sussex Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sussex Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Sussex Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Withywood Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Waggoner'S Fold Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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