Postcode · Wolverhampton
Crime in WV6 8RD
How much crime is recorded in WV6 8RD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Tettenhall South
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,594 (2024)
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How safe is WV6 8RD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WV6 8RD area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
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).
WV6 8RDNational
Shoplifting22.88.4
Violence and sexual offences20.423.6
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Public order3.14.6
Other theft1.94.5
Theft from the person1.92.1
Robbery1.61.4
Drugs1.12.4
Burglary0.99.1
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Anti-social behaviour0.710.7
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.