Postcode · Bilston
Crime in WV14 8AP
How much crime is recorded in WV14 8AP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Coseley Wallbrook
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,431 (2024)
WV14 8APBilston
How safe is WV14 8AP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WV14 8AP 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
35.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
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).
WV14 8APNational
Violence and sexual offences25.823.6
Burglary7.49.1
Vehicle crime6.53.5
Criminal damage and arson4.74.7
Other crime2.81.5
Other theft2.34.5
Drugs2.02.4
Public order1.64.6
Anti-social behaviour1.110.7
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 22% 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.