Total Crime Rate
76.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarendon Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 327th highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clarendon Street (WV3 9PP) in the last 12 months was 76.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarendon Street (WV3 9PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merridale Crescent, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Middle Vauxhall (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Middle Vauxhall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Vauxhall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oaks Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Middle Vauxhall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oaks Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park/Open Space | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Yew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crawford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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