Total Crime Rate
63.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ward Grove area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Ettingshall North , and the 358th lowest crime rate of 784 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 Ward Grove (WV4 6PH) in the last 12 months was 63.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% lower than the Ettingshall North average (85.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 140.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ward Grove (WV4 6PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hill Avenue, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ettingshall North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pruden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pritchett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Waverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Needwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Needwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brough Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hill Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birmingham New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birmingham New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birmingham New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birmingham New Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pruden Avenue | Under investigation |
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