Knife crime and honour violence up in Wolverhampton
Knife crime and honour-based violence in Wolverhampton has risen steeply - but robberies, car crime, burglaries and gun offences have fallen, latest figures show.
The Heath Town and Park Village area is the only neighbourhood where crime has gone up - by more than 15 per cent - while other communities, including the city centre, are enjoying a fall in incidents.
The number of honour-based crimes in the city tripled in the nine months from April to December last year, the figures from West Midlands Police show.
Although relatively low in number - incidents rose from seven to 20 compared with 2014.
The biggest downward trend was robberies which dropped by almost 25 per cent, while gun crime fell by 20 per cent, house burglaries by nearly 13 per cent and vehicle crime by 14 per cent.
The crime figures, which will be discussed at Tuesday's adults and safer city scrutiny panel, have been welcomed by Assistant Chief Constable Carl Foulkes.
He said: "Crime trends here in the West Midlands are roughly in line with the national picture but crime rates in the West Midlands are lower than in other comparable urban areas.
"The increase in the recording and reporting of sex offences demonstrates that victims are finding the confidence to disclose offences to our officers."
