Total Crime Rate
167.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barcroft Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 114th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barcroft Road (WV2 3AT) in the last 12 months was 167.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 86.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 97.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barcroft Road (WV2 3AT), 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.
View Crime In Blakenhall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodie Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baynton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cooke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanderers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanderers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanderers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanderers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mason Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mason Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodie Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brodie Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brevitt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brevitt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Johnson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baynton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street South | Under investigation |
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