Postcode · Wolverhampton
Crime in WV10 8PY
How much crime is recorded in WV10 8PY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wood End
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,597 (2024)
WV10 8PYWolverhampton
How safe is WV10 8PY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WV10 8PY area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
36.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
121
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
WV10 8PYNational
Shoplifting49.38.4
Violence and sexual offences25.823.6
Anti-social behaviour10.310.7
Burglary9.39.1
Other theft8.74.5
Public order6.44.6
Criminal damage and arson6.04.7
Vehicle crime5.83.5
Other crime1.71.5
Drugs1.72.4
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Robbery1.11.4
Theft from the person0.82.1
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.