Crime Rates at Princess Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HD

Princess Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 4th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

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 Princess Street (WV1 1HD) in the last 12 months was 1298.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1196.4% higher than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (100.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 320 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 21.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -62.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 421 (≈ 634.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princess Street (WV1 1HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near King Street, where police recorded 284 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cheapside (125 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.