Crime Rates at Vicarage Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 1DR

Vicarage Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road (WV2 1DR) in the last 12 months was 194.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.9% higher 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 98.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (WV2 1DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howard Street, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.