Total Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 29.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 8.7 5/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Penn Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Graiseley , and the 287th highest crime rate of 782 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 Penn Road (WV3 0EJ) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% lower than the Graiseley average (97.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penn Road (WV3 0EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carlton Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charles Wesley Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Goldthorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Goldthorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Copthorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copthorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goldthorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Waverley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Carlton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlton Road —
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Data Sources

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