Total Crime Rate

89.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Silverbirch Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 305th highest crime rate of 784 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 Silverbirch Road (WV2 1HS) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silverbirch Road (WV2 1HS), 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 Silverbirch Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Silver Birch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockshutts Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Birch Road Under investigation
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 Lilleshall Crescent 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 2025Possession of weapons Silver Birch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thompson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Thompson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carshalton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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