Total Crime Rate
128.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Arthur Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 176th 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 Arthur Street (WV2 3DZ) in the last 12 months was 128.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arthur Street (WV2 3DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Curzon Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poplar Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brevitt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brevitt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodie Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | A459 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brodie Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshutts Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodie Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Poplar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Silver Birch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Silver Birch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baynton Drive | Under investigation |
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