Total Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beech Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Ironbridge Gorge , and the 56th lowest 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 Beech Road (TF7 5JR) in the last 12 months was 15.0 per 1,000 residents and was 76.9% lower than the Ironbridge Gorge average (64.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -96.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Road (TF7 5JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westbourne, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wealdstone (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyvern | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrekin View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyvern | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyvern | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wealdstone | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyvern | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wealdstone | Under investigation |
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