Total Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pickering Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heath Town , and the 341st lowest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pickering Road (WV11 3RA) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.8% lower than the Heath Town average (160.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 18.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pickering Road (WV11 3RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bluebell Crescent (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halecroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawfred Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawfred Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portchester Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hart Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lakefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lakefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Pinfold Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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