Total Crime Rate

153.9 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 153.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.3 9/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Slim 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.

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Crime Over Time in Slim Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pugh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Slim Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Green Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hall Green Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambleside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chatwin Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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