Total Crime Rate

98.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.0 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 98.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Roberts Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Horsehay & Lightmoor , and the 157th highest crime rate of 558 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 Roberts Drive (TF4 2GB) in the last 12 months was 98.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% higher than the Horsehay & Lightmoor average (57.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roberts Drive (TF4 2GB), the main crime hotspot is near Walkiss Crescent. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Roberts Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willetts Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roberts Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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