Total Crime Rate
68.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wallace Road area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bilston North , and the 380th highest 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 Wallace Road (WV14 8BZ) in the last 12 months was 68.2 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wallace Road (WV14 8BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mervyn Place, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sycamore Place (23 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 | Bradley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mervyn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fircroft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Fircroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Constantine Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlyn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hannah Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bradley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mervyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crantock Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Raleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Raleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mervyn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mervyn Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mervyn Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mervyn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mervyn Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mervyn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fircroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mervyn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mervyn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mervyn Place | Under investigation |
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