Total Crime Rate

148.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

85.5 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 148.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 85.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Blackwood Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Fallings Park , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackwood Avenue (WV11 1EY) in the last 12 months was 148.7 per 1,000 residents and was 72.1% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 85.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackwood Avenue (WV11 1EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arnhem Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meredith Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arnhem Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sundour Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sundour Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sundour Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grasmere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wheeler Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wheeler Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gough Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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