Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sweetbriar Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bilston North , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sweetbriar Road (WV2 2NB) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% lower than the Bilston North average (132.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 68.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sweetbriar Road (WV2 2NB), the main crime hotspot is near Junction Road. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 26 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 | Holcroft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hargreaves Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Junction Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Junction Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargreaves Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hendon Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Coningsby Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thorne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rockford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ettingshall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ettingshall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briar Wood Close | Under investigation |
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