Total Crime Rate
153.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Slim Avenue area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Bilston North , and the 129th 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 Slim Avenue (WV14 8RY) in the last 12 months was 153.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 98.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Slim Avenue (WV14 8RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woottons Square (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bilston North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilly Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pugh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Slim Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hall Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chatwin Place | Under investigation |
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