Total Crime Rate

247.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 247.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 115.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.2 9/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Giles Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in East Park , and the 55th 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 St Giles Road (WV1 2LJ) in the last 12 months was 247.0 per 1,000 residents and was 130.0% higher than the East Park average (107.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 91.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Giles Road (WV1 2LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coventry Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelsall Close (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Giles Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coventry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birkdale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Purslet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Barnfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Giles Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Giles Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brooklands Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lapley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coventry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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