Total Crime Rate

119.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackwood Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Fallings Park , and the 201st 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 Blackwood Avenue (WV11 1ES) in the last 12 months was 119.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% higher than the Fallings Park average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackwood Avenue (WV11 1ES), the main crime hotspot is near Wheeler Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belton Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rydal Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Addison Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Addison Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Addison Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Long Knowle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Guest Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guest Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gough Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gough Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Arnhem Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnhem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnhem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rydal Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mills Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Arnhem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnhem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnhem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnhem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheeler Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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