Total Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warstones Drive area has the 18th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Merry Hill , and the 281st lowest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Warstones Drive (WV4 4PP) in the last 12 months was 47.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower than the Merry Hill average (57.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warstones Drive (WV4 4PP), the main crime hotspot is near Chadwick Close. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingslow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grendon Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leasowes Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Warstones Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warstones Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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