Total Crime Rate

98.7 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 98.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Compton Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 270th 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 Compton Road (WV3 9PJ) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% lower than the Park average (113.1 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Compton Road (WV3 9PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Oaks Drive. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Compton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Summerfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meadow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meadow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oaks Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Oaks Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summerfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Summerfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaks Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaks Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Oaks Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Oaks Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humber Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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