Total Crime Rate

120.3 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 120.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 57.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Middleway Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Bilston North , and the 197th highest crime rate of 784 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 Middleway Road (WV14 6DN) in the last 12 months was 120.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% lower than the Bilston North average (139.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleway Road (WV14 6DN), the main crime hotspot is near Parkview Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middleway Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkview Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Middleway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lanes Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Broadmeadow Green Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lanes Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Lanes Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Green Lanes Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Green Lanes Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Green Lanes Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Middleway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cherrywood Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Middleway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Middleway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Middleway Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order School Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaklands Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parkview Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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