Total Crime Rate

106.4 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 106.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 40.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.9 5/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Robbery 1.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Bradley Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 250th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bradley Road (WV2 2AZ) in the last 12 months was 106.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% lower than the Blakenhall average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 218.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bradley Road (WV2 2AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silver Birch Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Furnace Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Bradley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Birch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carshalton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mills Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mills Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mills Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tolworth Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tolworth Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Silver Birch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Lilleshall Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilleshall Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whittaker Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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