Upper Penn
Middle areaSouth west Wolverhampton. 6,634 people in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 31% of people in Upper Penn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Upper Penn
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Upper Penn at a rate of 57.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 99.3 per 1,000 people across Wolverhampton.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 182 |
| Other crime | 59 |
| Shoplifting | 44 |
| Vehicle crime | 39 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 27 |
| Burglary | 12 |
| Drug offences | 10 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Upper Penn compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Upper Penn safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Upper Penn at a rate of 57.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 99.3 per 1,000 people across Wolverhampton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Upper Penn.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (182), other crime (59) and shoplifting (44).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Wolverhampton
These figures are published for the whole of Wolverhampton, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wolverhampton and not Upper Penn alone. See Wolverhampton
Upper Penn in brief
The median price paid for a home in Upper Penn was £275,000 in 2025.
Upper Penn had 6,568 usual residents at the census.
About 31% of people in Upper Penn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Upper Penn, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.