Total Crime Rate
18.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Keynes Drive area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bilston North , and the 68th 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 Keynes Drive (WV14 7PJ) in the last 12 months was 18.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.3% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keynes Drive (WV14 7PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lichfield Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newbolt Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bilston South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lichfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lichfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Keynes Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A41 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A41 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A41 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fraser Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4484 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B4484 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newbolt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ormond Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newbolt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newbolt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbolt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbolt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbolt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbolt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gozzard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossfield Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Etruria Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beldray Road | Under investigation |
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