Total Crime Rate

87.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 59.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Lindens area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 285th highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Lindens (WV6 0LS) in the last 12 months was 87.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% lower than the Park average (109.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Lindens (WV6 0LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newbridge Drive, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newbridge Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Lindens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Balfour Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Newbridge Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mcbean Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newbridge Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Lindens
Apr 2026Robbery The Lindens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Jude'S Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balfour Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation

Data Sources

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