Total Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Powell Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Fallings Park , and the 288th lowest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Powell Street (WV10 0BS) in the last 12 months was 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% lower than the Fallings Park average (86.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Powell Street (WV10 0BS), the main crime hotspot is near Grove Street. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 75 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 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerton Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shawbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shawbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grove Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Provence Close | Under investigation |
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