Total Crime Rate

107.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 107.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 45.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Burland Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Oxley , and the 224th highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burland Avenue (WV6 9JJ) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% higher than the Oxley average (81.0 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 Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burland Avenue (WV6 9JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glassford Drive, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aldersley Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burland Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aldersley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glassford Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandy Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sandy Lane Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandford Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glassford Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glassford Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aldersley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glassford Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glassford Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glassford Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Glassford Drive Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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