Total Crime Rate
117.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Green area has the 8th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Merry Hill , and the 190th 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 East Green (WV4 4RF) in the last 12 months was 117.5 per 1,000 residents and was 104.0% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Green (WV4 4RF), 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grendon Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingslow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leasowes Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Warstones Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Warstones Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rindleford Avenue | 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 |
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