Total Crime Rate

115.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

95.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 115.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 95.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Upper Vauxhall area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 197th highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Vauxhall (WV1 4SY) in the last 12 months was 115.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 95.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Vauxhall (WV1 4SY), the main crime hotspot is near Middle Vauxhall. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Vauxhall area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Vauxhall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Clarendon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Oaks Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oaks Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oaks Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Middle Vauxhall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Park/Open Space Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lower Vauxhall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Dale West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clarendon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Middle Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Walpole Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hartley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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