Crime Rate in Wednesfield North, ward

Wednesfield North has the 6th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Wolverhampton district and the 3282nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 324th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wednesfield North in the last 12 months was 71.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower than the Wolverhampton district average (109.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wednesfield North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 397 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 450 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wednesfield North ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Higgs Road, with 42 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Rogers Close (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.