Total Crime Rate

107.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 107.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 42.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Compton Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 223rd 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 Compton Road (WV3 9PJ) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% lower than the Park average (109.5 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 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Compton Road (WV3 9PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oaks Drive, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Vauxhall (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Compton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Yew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Meadow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oaks Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oaks Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Oaks Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brewery Road Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Other crime Brewery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clarendon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Clarendon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oaks Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oaks Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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