Total Crime Rate

128.3 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 128.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.4 9/10
  • Robbery 18.7 10/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 8.0 8/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle 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

Arthur 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.

Crime Over Time in Arthur Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brevitt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brevitt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brodie Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A459 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brodie Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockshutts Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brodie Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curzon Street
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poplar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Poplar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Birch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Silver Birch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baynton Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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