Crime Rate in East Park, ward

East Park has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Wolverhampton district and the 1494th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 133rd highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Park in the last 12 months was 107.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% lower than the Wolverhampton district average (109.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 646 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 5 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 21.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 757 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Park ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Coventry Street, with 51 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Kelsall Close (30 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.