Police.uk logged 1,963 crimes within a mile of Oakengates last year, led by violence, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. We help businesses here respond with retail officers, patrols, CCTV and alarm response.
Trusted Protection in Oakengates
Oakengates has a crime profile shaped by its town centre and the busy retail and industrial ground around Telford. Violence and sexual offences make up 762 of the 1,963 offences recorded within a mile, anti-social behaviour 274 and shoplifting 211. The good news is that the latest quarter was 14% lower than a year earlier and shop theft fell by 23%. Local police are still concentrating on groups gathering in the town centre and on street racing along Mossey Green Way.
Oakengates Business Profile
Telford and Wrekin has 5,900 registered businesses. Construction leads with 775, while leisure and entertainment, at 635, edges out professional services on 630. Leisure's 10.8% share is well above the 7.2% British average, which puts event security, stewarding and preparing for Martyn's Law high on the agenda for venue operators around Oakengates.
Manufacturing is the other sector running ahead of the national picture, at 7.7% against 4.6%. Production sites on Stafford Park, Hadley Castle Works and Horton Enterprise Park need static guarding, access control and alarm response outside working hours. Every officer we place has an SIA licence, BS 7858 vetting and PAYE employment, and their patrol logs feed our 24/7 control room in real time.
The Place theatre, The Duke Box nightclub and the Odeon and Cineworld cinemas all bring evening crowds into the area. Any of these hosting 200 or more people will have Martyn's Law to meet when the duties come in, and we provide door staff and stewards accordingly. What Martyn's Law means for venues.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Oakengates
Oakengates has its own station, with Telford Central and Wellington also within 5km, and sits close to a large commercial area. Oakengates Workshops, Gower Street Trading Estate and Castle Trading Estate are nearby, as are Forge Retail Park, Telford Bridge Retail Park, Wrekin Retail Park and Telford Shopping Centre. There are 25 construction sites mapped in the same radius.
That concentration of shops, units and building plots means theft, damage and loitering are the everyday risks, while 70 licensed premises add an evening dimension.
Services in Oakengates
The services below fit Oakengates shops, trading-estate units, manufacturers and evening venues best.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Across September 2025 to August 2026, Police.uk recorded 1,963 crimes within a mile of Oakengates.
Violence and sexual offences account for 762, roughly two in every five. Anti-social behaviour follows at 274, then shoplifting at 211, criminal damage and arson at 145 and other theft at 135. Both headline trends are falling: down 14% overall in the latest three months and down 23% for shoplifting. For businesses, anti-social behaviour and damage around premises remain the issues to plan for, particularly given the police focus on groups in the centre.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
West Mercia Police's Ketley and Oakengates team is tackling anti-social behaviour by groups in Oakengates town centre and reports of speeding, street racing and car meets on Mossey Green Way.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Oakengates.
Areas We Cover Near Oakengates
Our Oakengates cover runs to Telford at 1 mile, Wellington at 3 miles and Shifnal at 4 miles.
Postcodes We Cover in Oakengates
The 9 postcode districts nearest central Oakengates, covering parts of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and South Staffordshire.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Oakengates Security FAQs
Of 1,963 crimes recorded within a mile, 274 were anti-social behaviour, 211 shoplifting and 145 criminal damage and arson. These are the categories that most often touch shops and premises, and CCTV, patrols and retail officers are the usual responses.
The local police team is acting on reports of street racing along Mossey Green Way. For sites with car parks or open yards, we offer lock-up patrols, barrier checks and CCTV towers that discourage vehicles gathering after hours.
Yes. We guard and patrol units on Stafford Park, Castle Trading Estate, Gower Street Trading Estate and Horton Enterprise Park, with key holding and alarm response linked to our control room.
Leisure and entertainment is 10.8% of local businesses, above the 7.2% national share. We provide stewards, door supervisors and Martyn's Law readiness support for venues such as The Place and The Duke Box.
No. Police.uk shows shoplifting fell 23% in the latest three months compared with a year earlier, though 211 offences were still recorded over the full year. Retail officers help retailers hold onto that improvement.
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