Total Crime Rate

122.5 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 122.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Cartwright Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 189th 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 Cartwright Street (WV2 1EU) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cartwright Street (WV2 1EU), 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 Cartwright Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mike Swain Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jeffs Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Grove Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grove Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Johnson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Johnson Street 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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birmingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Powlett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curzon Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Howard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Howard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffs Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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