Total Crime Rate

247.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

157.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 247.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 157.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 122.0 10/10
  • Public order 23.8 10/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 17.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bargate Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Park , and the 49th highest crime rate of 782 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 Bargate Drive (WV6 0QW) in the last 12 months was 247.0 per 1,000 residents and was 125.6% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 157.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bargate Drive (WV6 0QW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bargate Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/50)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Walpole Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bargate Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bargate Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sweetman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sweetman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Manby Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Evans Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evans Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reansway Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reansway Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northam Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sweetman Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Walpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Walpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bargate Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Park/Open Space Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kingsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Kingsland Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Kingsland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Walpole Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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