Total Crime Rate

145.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 145.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Elizabeth Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Bilston North , and the 139th highest crime rate of 784 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 Elizabeth Avenue (WV14 8DY) in the last 12 months was 145.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% higher than the Bilston North average (139.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 104.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elizabeth Avenue (WV14 8DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mervyn Place, where police recorded 213 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elizabeth Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elizabeth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chettle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chettle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sorbus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lees Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bay Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britannia Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Drake'S Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Drake'S Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Drake'S Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mervyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Charles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Mervyn Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Charles Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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