Total Crime Rate
77.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gordon Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 320th 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 Gordon Street (WV2 1DA) in the last 12 months was 77.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% lower than the Blakenhall average (113.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gordon Street (WV2 1DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howard Street, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A454 (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mike Swain Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mike Swain Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartmouth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Granville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Howard Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
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