Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 41.7% | 8. highest | 142% | 19.2k | -13.2% |
Vehicle crime → | 8.8% | 13. highest | 171% | 4.1k | -5.1% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.0% | 21. highest | 121% | 3.7k | -8.0% |
Shoplifting crime → | 7.8% | 15. highest | 132% | 3.6k | 48.4% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 7.2% | 6. lowest | 55% | 3.3k | 14.6% |
Public order crime → | 6.6% | 36. highest | 102% | 3.0k | -30.4% |
Other theft crime → | 6.5% | 37. highest | 98% | 3.0k | -16.3% |
Burglary crime → | 4.7% | 19. highest | 133% | 2.2k | -21.5% |
Other crime → | 2.2% | 17. highest | 145% | 1.0k | -7.6% |
Drugs crime → | 2.0% | 40. lowest | 88% | 913 | 7.8% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 1.6% | 3. highest | 214% | 752 | -6.8% |
Robbery crime → | 1.5% | 16. highest | 147% | 707 | -11.0% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.7% | 37. lowest | 75% | 314 | -3.4% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.6% | 45. highest | 38% | 285 | -18.1% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "possession of weapons crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Possession of weapons crime" rate is at 214% of national crime rate which puts Wolverhampton on 3. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Possession of weapons crime" makes up 1.6% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 752 cases and has decreased by 6.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.
This map compares crime rate in Wolverhampton postcode area to the national crime rate.
This graph compares crime rate in Wolverhampton postcode area to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.