Crime Rate in St Peters, ward

St Peters has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Wolverhampton district and the 296th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 15th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Peters in the last 12 months was 201.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% higher than the Wolverhampton district average (109.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Peters’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,334 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 40 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 8.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,727 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Peters ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 284 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cheapside (125 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.