Crime Rates at Wolverhampton Road, Wedges Mills, Cannock, WS11 1ST

Wolverhampton Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Brewood, Coven & Blymhill , and the 88th lowest crime rate of 355 local areas in South Staffordshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wolverhampton Road (WS11 1ST) in the last 12 months was 24.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% lower than the Brewood, Coven & Blymhill average (53.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wolverhampton Road (WS11 1ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.