Total Crime Rate
60.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Evans Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 367th 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 Evans Street (WV6 0QB) in the last 12 months was 60.2 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Evans Street (WV6 0QB), the main crime hotspot is near Kingsland Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 36 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 | Public order | Evans Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bitterne Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Austin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rugby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fawdry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Devon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydian Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Devon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydian Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warmley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warmley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evans Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brockhurst Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Devoran Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devoran Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockhurst Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brockhurst Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warmley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bitterne Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Northam Walk | Under investigation |
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