Total Crime Rate
224.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Park Road West area has the 7th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 63rd 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 Park Road West (WV1 4PS) in the last 12 months was 224.9 per 1,000 residents and was 98.9% higher than the Park average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -52.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 113.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Road West (WV1 4PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oaks Drive, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oaks Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Summerfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Summerfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Summerfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bath Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brewery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oaks Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Raglan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Raglan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Raglan Street | Under investigation |
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