Total Crime Rate

141.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 141.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 21.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Dudding Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blakenhall , and the 144th 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 Dudding Road (WV4 5DS) in the last 12 months was 141.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% higher than the Blakenhall average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 73.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dudding Road (WV4 5DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poplar Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dudding Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Patricia Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A459 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poplar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranworth Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pencombe Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broadstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larcombe Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Neville Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Poplar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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