Total Crime Rate
150.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crawford Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 120th highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crawford Road (WV3 9RW) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% higher 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crawford Road (WV3 9RW), 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Middle Vauxhall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crawford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Vauxhall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lower Vauxhall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Vauxhall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Vauxhall | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Middle Vauxhall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Road | 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Vauxhall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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