Total Crime Rate

103.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.9 9/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Parklands Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in East Park , and the 260th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Parklands Road (WV1 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% lower than the East Park average (107.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parklands Road (WV1 2DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coventry Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Giles Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Parklands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coventry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coventry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barnfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Giles Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Giles Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Purslet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malvern Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parklands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Heath Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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