Crime Rates at Wolverhampton Road, Walsall, WS2 8RW

Wolverhampton Road area has the 55th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Birchills Leamore , and the 206th highest crime rate of 824 local areas in Walsall .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wolverhampton Road (WS2 8RW) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.8% lower than the Birchills Leamore average (148.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wolverhampton Road (WS2 8RW), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 223 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.