Total Crime Rate

119.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Gordon Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 198th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gordon Street (WV2 1DA) in the last 12 months was 119.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% higher than the Blakenhall average (113.0 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 89.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gordon Street (WV2 1DA), the main crime hotspot is near Howard Street. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Gordon Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffs Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Howard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Howard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Walk Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Powlett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cleveland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jeffs Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mike Swain Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A454 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A454 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mike Swain Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mike Swain Drive Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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