Postcode · Wolverhampton
Crime in WV6 8RN
How much crime is recorded in WV6 8RN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Tettenhall South
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,674 (2024)
WV6 8RNWolverhampton
How safe is WV6 8RN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WV6 8RN area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
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 8RNNational
Violence and sexual offences12.823.6
Other theft4.14.5
Burglary3.99.1
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Public order1.34.6
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Anti-social behaviour1.010.7
Drugs0.52.4
Other crime0.41.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Theft from the person0.32.1
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 64% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.