Total Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stourton Drive area has the 25th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Merry Hill , and the 210th lowest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stourton Drive (WV4 4SA) in the last 12 months was 39.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stourton Drive (WV4 4SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warstones Gardens, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boundary Way (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stourton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hamble Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stourton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beckbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rindleford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hamble Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Enville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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