Total Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pond Lane area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 266th lowest 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 Pond Lane (WV2 1HE) in the last 12 months was 46.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pond Lane (WV2 1HE), the main crime hotspot is near Howard Street. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Howard Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshutts Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshutts Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshutts Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshutts Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshutts Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Byrne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby 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 | Public order | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Curzon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Granville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silver Birch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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