Total Crime Rate

25.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Pond Lane area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 110th lowest crime rate of 784 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 Pond Lane (WV2 1HG) in the last 12 months was 25.9 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pond Lane (WV2 1HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Curzon Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byrne Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Pond Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockshutts Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jeffs Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Silver Birch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curzon Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffs Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Birch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Silver Birch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carshalton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brown Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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