Crime Rates at Melrose Drive, Wolverhampton, WV6 7XQ

Melrose Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 356 local areas in South Staffordshire .

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 Melrose Drive (WV6 7XQ) in the last 12 months was 121.7 per 1,000 residents and was 115.7% higher than the Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn average (56.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melrose Drive (WV6 7XQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jedburgh Avenue, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gaydon Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.