Total Crime Rate

314.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 314.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 194.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 69.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.3 8/10
  • Public order 23.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.2 10/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Compton Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 34th highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Compton Road (WV3 9QA) in the last 12 months was 314.8 per 1,000 residents and was 187.5% higher than the Park average (109.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 740.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Compton Road (WV3 9QA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Compton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Merridale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Westland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Merridale Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Merridale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Merridale Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Dale West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Clarendon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clarendon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Middle Vauxhall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hartley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lower Vauxhall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Vauxhall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crawford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crawford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Crawford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crawford Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Merridale Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Merridale Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Merridale Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Leyland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Leyland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leyland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Merridale Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merridale Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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