Total Crime Rate

190.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

113.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 190.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 113.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.5 10/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Park Road West area has the 8th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 78th highest crime rate of 782 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 Park Road West (WV1 4PL) in the last 12 months was 190.5 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% higher than the Park average (109.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 113.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Road West (WV1 4PL), the main crime hotspot is near Kingsland Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Park Road West area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/54)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Kingsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bargate Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bargate Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bargate Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bargate Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Middle Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Middle Vauxhall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sweetman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sweetman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Kingsland Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Kingsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Park/Open Space Local resolution
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Robbery Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Walpole Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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