Total Crime Rate

132.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 49.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.2 7/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Merry Hill , and the 167th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Warstones Drive (WV4 4NH) in the last 12 months was 132.9 per 1,000 residents and was 118.6% higher than the Merry Hill average (60.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warstones Drive (WV4 4NH), 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 Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Reedham Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ludstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingslow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arley Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingslow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warstones Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson East Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Croft Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingslow Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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