Total Crime Rate
53.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Heath Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in East Park , and the 320th lowest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Heath Road (WV1 2SA) in the last 12 months was 53.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% lower than the East Park average (98.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Heath Road (WV1 2SA), the main crime hotspot is near Grove Street. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grove Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brickheath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tadworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Retreat | Under investigation |
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