Total Crime Rate

104.3 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 104.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Griffiths Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Wednesfield North , and the 258th 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 Griffiths Drive (WV11 2LG) in the last 12 months was 104.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.4% higher than the Wednesfield North average (71.2 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 65.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Griffiths Drive (WV11 2LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Higgs Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tonadine Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Griffiths Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ecclestone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ecclestone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ecclestone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gorse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gorse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandy Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Ullswater Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brindley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brindley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bargery Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bargery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bargery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bargery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brindley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higgs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gurnard Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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