Total Crime Rate

194.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 194.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 51.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Burglary 1.4 1/10
  • Robbery 1.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Bilston Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 80th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bilston Road (WV2 2PZ) in the last 12 months was 194.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% higher 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 100.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bilston Road (WV2 2PZ), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Bilston Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Walk Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mills Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mills Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cleveland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mills Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sharrocks Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sharrocks Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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