Total Crime Rate

93.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Warstones Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Penn , and the 288th highest crime rate of 784 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 Warstones Road (WV4 4LU) in the last 12 months was 93.7 per 1,000 residents and was 91.2% higher than the Penn average (49.0 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warstones Road (WV4 4LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingslow Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Warstones Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Reedham Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brookdale Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingslow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingslow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingslow Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Billy Wright Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Billy Wright Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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