Total Crime Rate
120.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dudley Street area has the 38th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bilston North , and the 185th highest crime rate of 782 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 Dudley Street (WV14 0LA) in the last 12 months was 120.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% lower than the Bilston North average (132.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 73.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dudley Street (WV14 0LA), the main crime hotspot is near B4163. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bilston South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Skemp Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skemp Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skemp Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4163 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Skemp Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4163 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kellingley Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carder Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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