Total Crime Rate
2931.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1265.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pipers Row area has the highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pipers Row (WV1 3JY) in the last 12 months was 2931.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3202.9% higher than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 220 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 5 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 296 (≈ 1265.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pipers Row (WV1 3JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near King Street, where police recorded 253 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (129 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Princes Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lichfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wolverhampton | Awaiting court outcome |
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