Total Crime Rate
167.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mostyn Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 102nd 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 Mostyn Street (WV1 4RR) in the last 12 months was 167.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 97.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mostyn Street (WV1 4RR), the main crime hotspot is near Mostyn Street. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 22 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 | Jameson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staveley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Austin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Paget Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Devon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Francis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Devon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mostyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunstall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dunstall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staveley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jameson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jameson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staveley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydian Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydian Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devoran Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staveley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fawdry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Devoran Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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