Total Crime Rate

67.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 67.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.4 9/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Johnson Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Wednesfield North , and the 377th lowest crime rate of 784 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 Johnson Avenue (WV11 3BB) in the last 12 months was 67.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 155.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Johnson Avenue (WV11 3BB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Johnson Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shardlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Adey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raven Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lichfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Lichwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lichwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olinthus Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olinthus Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Olinthus Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Olinthus Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Olinthus Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lich Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shardlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chilworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilworth Avenue

Data Sources

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