Ok in no particular order (other than I'm sort of going clockwise).... Pendeford: Mostly a decent area but there's one minor estate that although on the edge of town, years ago suffered the fate of having some bad families move there from further in and nowadays the youths are into gang stuff. St Anne's Estate, Oxley: underrated as a bad area. Not the worst but a small estate cut off from the rest with some characters. Shelley Avenue, Oxley/Bushbury: Another underrated one. Small but rough little estate in an otherwise ok area. Someone innocent horribly was shot in the park there in recent times. Bushbury/Scotlands/Low Hill: Might as well put these together as it's almost one continuous housing estate. Mostly good people but bloody rough in parts and very run down in parts. The bit of Scotlands by the pub that got shut down is pretty bad and for me, as well as Showell Circus which attracts everyone, Guy Avenue seems a bit hairy at times. Okement/Torridge Drive, Wednesfield: Three huge tower blocks and a bunch of smaller flats. Pretty rough. Fairly sure they bump up the overall crime rate for Wednesfield. Castlebridge Gardens, Wednesfield: A very small estate of maisonettes with some undesirables. Very small but the way it's laid out could be intimidating for a newcomer. Park Village (the area): Inner city main road with a bunch of rough terraced houses streets just off it. Wits needed at night I would say. New Park Village (the estate): A throwback to the 70s. Maisonettes all linked by overhead walkways. Loads of good people there but also a bit of a gang problem. Cut off from the rest. Heath Town Estate: Lived there as a teen when it was really bad. 4 huge tower blocks, 5 smaller ones and then loads of Maisonettes that were always linked by walkways. Estate has been done up and whilst it's improved it's still got gang problems. Lunt Estate: Proper trashy estate on the edge of Bilston bordering Darlaston. Coronation Estate, Bilston: just near Hickman Park. Proper naughty area. Eastfield: Nothing like as bad as it was but it's a large council estate on the inner East side and as such you'll always have some undesirables. Ettingshall Village: and surrounding area near Priestfield metro station. I love it round there but there definitely are some wrong uns. Parkfield/All Saints: putting these 2 together as they border one another. Bit of a gang problem. Definitely a prostitution problem especially around Kent Road. In recent years a high percentage of lower class Eastern Europeans who behave better than Blacks and Whites when it comes to crime but seem to neglect their areas pretty badly. Graiseley/Merridale/Pennfields: Sort of inner south West side and moving further out. Nothing like as rough as other areas mentioned but if you go there thinking it's a walk in the park then you'll get a nasty shock. Merry Hill: not the shopping centre but the estate with tower blocks right on Wolverhampton south West edge. Not a great area. Unexpected gang problems too. Whitmore Reans: Rough. Gang problems. Run down severely in parts. Wits needed. I WAS going to talk about Blakenhall Gardens from back in the day but let's be positive here.....a horrible high rise estate existed and was eventually knocked down. Though there's still a bit of rough in those parts, the reality is that the Sikhs have totally made that area their own and that's a good thing. You won't find many inner city areas with LESS crime as this one. Quality Asian shops and restaurants. A couple of rough streets but they look worse than they are. And of course a stones throw away is Goldthorn Park, an almost 100% Asian area that's wealthy, lovely and well kept and an advert for all that's right with immigration. I love Wolverhampton

I wish the national media would do more short films like this, I give you utmost respect for being on the ground walking around these areas and showing us what they're really like!

To say this place is “dangerous” is an understatement it’s brutal I think the police have even give up

I was born in New Cross hospital and lived in Wednesfield for the first few years in one of the high rise flats, later in Lanesfield. Thankfully my parents managed to move to Wales when i was 8 pushed by the rising crime. I still go back but so much has changed and is in serious decay. I can see some of that early corrosion moving into where i am now. Flooding out from the cities that are overflowing with diverse lowlife. Thank you diversity.

Genuinely surprised Wednesfield came top of the list and not remotely surprised about the rest. Wednesfield has always been lovely. My grandparents lived there and I’ve never felt unsafe there unlike the other areas. Bentley Bridge and those high rise flats do border onto Heath Town though so I wonder if the trouble just leaks across the boundary line? Because Wednesfield is massive

Excellent film young man.

I've lived in Wolverhampton since *1984* and while I won't argue with the crime statistics, it luckily doesn't feel as bad as this video makes Wolverhampton to be. I'm very familiar with *Heath Town* and *Whitmore Reans* and never had any problems. The only trouble I've ever had in *Heath Town* was after dark with a badger and a 3-legged ginger cat that stalked me for about a week.

I know a guy who was voted in unanimously as chairman of a WR residents association by the neighbours because of his attempts to pull the neighbourhood together. They solved all the major problems on one estate almost overnight. It was a great success. It was due to neighbours working together toward a common goal. Then there was a problem in Maxwell road, in All Saints area with an ethnic group propositioning young Asian girls coming from school. Both English, Carribean and Asian ethnicities clubbed together and had the offenders evicted only to have them replaced by friends of the same offending group. The police and council were inefectual and the local newspaper covered the story. All Saints is a concrete jungle where the high yellow moon wont come out to play. ☹️ The Lunt is a place where a stranger would be well advised to stay away from. Just the look of the place says everything. The council have capitualated here

Whole heartedly agree that Wolverhampton has quite the crime rate and could do with some more support from the higher-'ups, but to highlight a city/town on crime alone is a one-sided view. There is so much more to this city than what you've highlighted. If it was so bad, myself and others wouldn't have had the fun childhoods we lived.

Park Road West is big lovely Victorian houses. On the other side of the Tettenhall Road is Park Dale, a beautiful little Victorian area in the middle of 30-50s builds and brutalist architecture. Not surprised the prices have dropped that much - the afluent people of Park Road West have skidaddled.

I grew up in Wolverhampton and my youth was in the 1990s. I know the Low Hill area well and it is probably the most deprived areas in the country riddled with generation after generation of people who originated from the slums of Wolverhampton. Those ancestors were rehoused in Low Hill following the clearing of the slums only to move next to other new residents from less poverty.

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I've lived in Wolverhampton for the past 5 years now,never had any trouble. Yes it has its rough places but to be honest I've never been uneasy walking around on my own (I wouldn't say I'm a hard bloke but I can look after myself if needed and I'm fairly streetwise). I think you've just gotta keep your wits about you. I grew up in Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, and from experience that was a much worse place to live. Regular fights, robberies, even attempted murders/murders right on my doorstep (research the death of Nicola Dixon, late 90s if I remember correctly).

Thanks for posting. It's interesting to see the areas we tourists don't want to see in person. I live in Toronto and we have many areas that are dystopian also. Especially well-intentioned public housing neighbourhoods built from the late 40s to the 70s. What they didn't foresee was drug culture--total game changer. And the mixing of cultures in one cramped location. Religions and different traditions are usually going to clash, at least at first.

Ima be honest with you lad west park and reans are the same area

Wednesfield is far from the roughest area. Maybe because there are a lot of shops the crime rate is higher. From living in Wolverhampton my whole life and being a delivery driver knowing the whole city quite well I’d say 1. Low Hill/Bushbury 2. Heath Town 3. Whitmore Reans These 3 by far the worst but after that 4. Merridale 5. The Lunt (bilston) 6. Warstones But tbh I don’t think Wolverhampton is a dangerous place to live it’s more to do with poverty and petty crimes. I’d quite happily walk anywhere in the city at night, whereas london Birmingham Manchester no chance 😅

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Nice vid man. go Harehills, Leeds.. might not make it back though

If you grow up in wolves you don’t realise how dangerous it is 😭 I class wednesfield as a nice area, spent most of my time around the dumps you’ve mentioned but it’s home

I live in London where there are far worse areas, in terms of space and environment. Just wondering whether the problem lies with the people rather than the place 🤔

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I've got family in Wolverhampton, I've always found it to be quite a friendly place.

Excellent video. You’ve summed up Wolverhampton perfectly I’ve moved away 10 years ago and would never come back to live there.

I grew up in Wednesfield, on the Linthouse estate. What’s happened to the “village” is shameful. Such a shame, but I still don’t feel unsafe there, strangely.

Its not safe on the roads in Wolverhampton either , twice I've had a near miss when pulling out of junctions because of the speed of the cars, they're going around 30 zones at crazy speeds.

Low hill / Bushbury / the scotlands should be on the list

I LOVED Wodensfield Tower, was my first flat when I was 17, 2 bedroom too and the crime was still about nearly what it is now 25+ years later ... but the local pub loved my music from the 10th floor ;)

Surprised to not see Low Hill get a mention. Perhaps it's improved since I lived there 30 years ago.

Really looking forward to my trip to Wolverhampton in November 😬

As an American, this video taught me that British hoods are structured differently. It could be a nice looking housing estates with various immigrant groups and rampant with crime.

Enoch Powell used to be the local MP. He predicted all of this.

You should do more areas in and around the Black Country and Birmingham, would be pretty cool see

Thanks for your video. Whilst I realise you've taken the time to look at the stats I need to pick you up on West Park. The stats here are skewed due to the fact that it hosts a lot of events that attract a lot of people and where you have lots of people you have a lot of crime so that's why the figures are like they are. Saying that I was kerb crawled at 2pm on the edges of West Park once when I was 19 lol. Also Wednesfield isn't really a suburb of Wolverhampton it's a town in its own right that happens to be in the borough. I used to live in Whitmore Reans as a student and I absolutely loved it. Very Asian, cheap rent, close to town, staggering distance from the pub. I think I paid £15 a week rent in 1987. Happy Daze

I lived in Wolverhampton when I left the Army in 1975 as my wife was from there. First home was at Rowlands Ave off Deans road, then we moved to the Scotlands on Barry Crescent. My son and Youngest Daughter were both born at New Cross hospital . The Scotlands, Low hill and parts of Bushbury were a bit rough back then but I must say I never had trouble with anyone in the years I and my family lived there. We moved to Huddersfield i the early eighties , but my wife still has family down there.

Used to work in Chapel Ash - West Park was a favourite lunchtime walk. Always thought it was a nice area, until I parked my car outside West Park one day and saw someone shooting up in the car parked next to me.

Its sad to see that there are places who are dangerous around the area there . Thanks for showing us around my fren. Very informative video . I like your Channel 👍 I wish you more success . Watching from Austria🇦🇹

I used to live in Whitmore Reans, close to West Park and also Wednesfield. I could produce a map of Wolverhampton indicating which streets you should not got down after dark. The place does have a beauty of it's own though. Whitemore Reans - Got burgled, friend held at knifepoint at ATM machine. West Park - Someone kicked the front door in on the way home from the pub with his girlfriend. Wednesfield - Woman got hit over the head with an iron bar by 'travellers' and virtually scalped at local pub, never went there again. Constantly multiple police helicopters with search lights flying overhead.

Could you do Erdington?

those towerblocks need some good quality cladding

I lived in a tower block. There was no violence in the area, and very little crime (non violent) in the city itself. I could walk around until very late, and even until early morning, and feel completely safe. Never heard of any muggings or violent assaults in the city. I really miss living there. I must point out however, this city was in another country and not in the UK. It's a pity the UK doesn't have the same safe environment. I am now back in the UK.

I know Wolverhampton like the back of my hand, it is greatly improved, which is true anywhere, but the worst pockets are not really looked at here - Park Village (Prosser St/Crowther St/ Ellerton Walk), All Saints (Gordon Street/All Saints Road), Heath Town (Chevil Rise/Long Ley), Whitmore Reans (Leicester St/Staveley Rd), Pennfields/Graiseley(Lime Street/Merridale Street West/Fisher Street) , bits of the Lunt estate (Bilston), Castlebridge Gardens estate (Wednesfield), Hickman Estate (Wednesfield), and finally but certainly not least the Scotlands estate (Keats Road/Ruskin Road/Tennyson Road) which I think is the most intimidating unless its morning, raining, or cold (:-.. Having said that, 80% of people in all areas are good people, and it is unfair to call out the areas that they live in. But the other 20% can make their immediate environment challenging. Gone are the days when there was slum housing or boarded up streets, so on the surface even the worst areas in most cities do not seem that bad on the surface.

Scotlands deffo top 5

I lived in reans for a year, while i lived there a guy got shot in the head in that pub you showed, i got mugged twice also, once by those shops

You missed Pennfields. I'm very offended 😆 🤣 😂

Its definitely a dangerous area Wolverhampton, I've seen gangs of youths dressed all in black looking like a swat team going on a mission near the city centre.

What's with all of the abandoned settees and chairs in front of house on estates in this country?

I’m just going to say that my friend lived in West Park in one of the high rises in the video. I swear to God it is one of the loveliest places you could wish to be. I used to visit several times a week and I used to love those days.

Interesting video bro , I find it can be interesting to describe any town my town Eastbourne east sussex classified as posh or upper class. But we have had the Armed cops here and big drug busts 1 mil £+.

What happened to low hill & scotlands? Definitely worse than Wednesfield

Born and raised Wolverhampton now live Birmingham but I'm in Wolverhampton most days. Yes there are some really bad parts but, and I say this as a genuine compliment to Wolverhampton and NOT for roadmen to take offence to, but Birmingham is on another level. With Wolverhampton and also the wider Black Country, there's still a local pride and friendliness and once you're not involved in anything you'll be just fine. Birmingham is a hell hole where even the innocent are in danger and the youth are totally lost, just pure evil. Wolverhampton? I enjoy walking even around the worst areas and yes don't be stupid and keep your wits about you but I'm not constantly watching my back like in Birmingham. Trust me, I'd move back to WV tomorrow if i could.

Cant believe no scotlands mention even the cats carry knives round here

At 12 minutes: How in the heck do you get an "average house price in excess of 200k" if the place is such a shit hole? And "you can pick up flats for less than 100k" like its a great deal. Have people in the UK lost their minds?

Diversity such a gift

you would think it was time to demolish all these old tower blocks around cities

pardon my ignorance, but what is hot-boxing?

West park is a really nice park and it Also hosts a park run every Saturday morning which always creates a nice atmosphere. The tragic murder happened midnight after the park was locked up so it's not normally a crime spot.

nice to have your own shopping trolley lol

I used to live in easton, bristol Wolverhampton is way, way rougher.

Spot on mate, I left in 84' I can hardly believe those home valuations as no one has any money.

Bruv I've lived 3 of these places 😂

let's go wolverhampton

Even tettenhall has gone down the tubes over ten plus years folk who've made few quid moved out the 96% gutter areas an that's one of four decent areas I can think of that is now populated.

Many places in Wolverhampton are swamped with drugs and mental health problems. Coke is rife and gang violence is the norm. The amount of litter and people who have nothing to do all day is shocking.

I live in Wednesfield and you really have picked the worst of it, yes their are rough parts the same as other places but our street is lovely, we have fab neighbours and also the village has won Wednesfield in bloom for 2 years running. We are constantly being told to report every crime no matter how small (which a lot of us do) so we get allocated our fair share of police however I am not sure how beneficial this is proving to be.

I've lived in Whitmore Reans for 6 months now and I do not recommend it to anyone 😂 I'm currently moving out

I'm honesty surprised by a couple of these when you look at Bushbury, Fordhouses, Low Hill, Park Village and The Scotland's. Whitmore Reans Working mens club isn't a nightclub, the recent shooting happened outside during a funeral. Blakenhall used to have tower blocks, you'd walk past and people would be scrambling to sell you weed. Interesting video, as a long time resident i have a different take although I'll admit its pretty grim.

He went right next to where I live in this video 😅

Well damn, I was born and raised in Wednesfield, moved to Finchfield in 2016. I really don't recall any violence etc... Used to spend hours over Wednesfield park playing Basketball as a kid with friends. The flat areas in the video are pretty accurate to be fair but you did spend most the time around the flats, if you'd have spread out a little further it gets better lol Otherwise really well made video!

Chap we live in Wolverhampton, it's a Great City compared to a lot of Engand. I have never felt uncomfortable walking around anywhere in Wolves, The places you've filmed around City Centre like all Cities are bit rough yes but Wednesfield is not NO.1, We live in Wednesfield & its actually a great family place to live on the whole & safe, has everything without going into the City, all kids go out with friends or walk around alone, never really worried about them, Every school is new & rebuilt grounds play areas ( luckily before Tories got in & stopped school rebuilding project) Bentley Bridge is Huge has everything shops food restaurants biggest cinema in UK & all around the areas you filmed there's lovely even beautiful areas to live in Wolves Beautiful houses & areas as nice as anywhere & it's so green everywhere.

God! The UK is so depressing.

I have a plan to visit Wolverhampton June 2024 for 1 week, I was student at Wolverhampton college of Technology 1957 to1961 this video scares me ??? can some one who lives in Wolverhampton now tell me about this video is it true? I really want visit the city in June.

I can honestly say on approaching Birmingham/Coventry/Wolverhampton I just can’t help the urge to keep my foot on the gas and keep driving until I’m off the M6 and far away from the midlands,, I used to love going to brum as a kid I had family down there, how times change, it’s a shame,

Wednesfield is almost a town in its own right, it’s about 3 miles across, sure the areas that you have filmed are not the best, but most of it is ok.

I lived in Wednesfield, until I could afford to move out that is, I can concur. I have known of people being stabbed and shot and also a few murders. The high rise towers are known as "Heroin heights" locally. I rememeber one of the times we were burgled, the police said if you don't like it move out of Wednesfield! Multiple cars stolen from us. Some people will try to defend the place "it's not that bad", people who live there are savages. They seem to think that all the stabbings and robberies are normal.

I was born in Wednesfield. Nice.

I live in Wednesfield heath town is the worst

Heath town looks really rough

Valid points raise in the video however west park is what I’d say is the anomaly, at night you get street robberies and prostitution but in the day it’s actually quite nice haha 😆 but being a local lad, you know where to go and where not too. Honourable mention Lowhill I would say has a equal crime rate to whitmoreans but I have a sneaky suspicion that things go un reported. Great video I’ve just come across your channel. Love the content.

I went to the University as a student and I used to love going to West Park. I remember jogging the perimeter once plus I would take photos (I did Fine Art) and would feel safe. I heard at the time that Whitmore Reans was dodgy so I never went. However, a few years after graduating the high profile murder occurred and it's put me off. Up until recently I would also visit Bentley Bridge (mostly to go to Tim Hortons) but after this video I'm not sure now.

This is what happens when your government puts self-interest above public benefit.

Is the malthouse lane area in wednesfield rough

Obviously the 'bloke' isn't from the area & virtually all his filming is of the rough town centre (arnt all urban town centres like this?) Wednesfield is only top of crime rate because there are lots of shops and a retail park plus lots of middle class housing estates that attract burglars and car crime. Violence is very rare, put it this way you wouldnt want to be walking around Whitmore Reans or West Park in the daytime let alone the night!!!

I've worked in Wolverhampton since the end of August last year (2023). On my way to my interview, I had the pleasure driving though Whitmore Reans and came across a forensic tent in the middle of the road with a dead stabbing victim under it. I've worked in Wolverhampton previously, so I sort of knew what to expect. As with all areas, there are some nice areas and some dodgy areas. The dodgy areas are probably among the worst in the country through.

I live in the tower block on the right in the opening scene. Whitmore house.

Nfw I'm from Wednesfield you have this wronh

I lived there for years. Whitmore Reans, Dunstable, Bilston, East Park, Cannock Road. Word of advice... don't come to Wolves if you're the kind of person who advocates grassing. Because that would get you hurt...nice advice Mr. "I live in a nice detached house and have never gone without in my life."

I got beaten up in West Park as an 11 year old girl in the 90's. A boy punched me in the face repeatedly in an attempt to steal my sunglasses. At school a teacher slammed my sister's desk on her hand and broke her finger. Wolverhampton was a sh*thole then and it sounds like nothing has changed.

I am from London and I have lived in Wolverhampton for 12 years. yes it has problems. but the government just don't care. l have been excepted as a local man here now and I love the place. cockny.

I live south of Whitmore reans and west of west park and its like the Lebanon of the 90s, its a god awful area, constant police and ambulance sirens day and night, the only intrest the council has in this area is how much tax they can screw out of the local population. On the shit area scale it scores 35 out of 10.

Wolverhampton and the west midlands generally actually look way better now than they used to. I remember back in the 90s it was really run down with a lot of decaying industrial sites many of which along with the worst housing eststes have since been demolished or renovated i used to explore them as a kid before youtube was a thing wish id of filmed them now. Some more of the smaller very run down town centres in the black country worth exploring too are great bridge, darlaston, Wednesbury, brierley hill, cradley heath (which was basically completly flattened to build a giant tesco it was so run down before)

Parkfields Allsaints Lowhill Bushbury Pennfields Warstones Have a look at them places

'Reans dont sound any worse than when I was in those districts in the 90's, I lived in/on the bit known locally as 'The Five Ways' - not to be confused with 'Five Ways Junction' on the Tettenhall Road - where the Half Way House pub was. 'The' Vauxhalls... never really had much truck with that bit, I'd amble through on my way to West Park which, by the looks of it, still a Stunning example of inner-city green. Used to be where 'The Pretties' ;) congregated after lockup. All Saints was off the dial compared to Heath Town, friends from the latter Would Not come visit for love nor money. I might have been lucky and known / tapped into Wolves / Midlands legendary 'Salt of the Earthy-ness', 'cos even the nutters were decent! Anyways, interesting to see places from my past.

If you over populate a city or town with people from third world countries, your town and city will also become third world 😮

When you say "tower blocks" or "blocks of flats" - are they euphemisms for 'people wharehouses?'

You know I have lived around.. East park, eastfield, the Scotlands, all saints but I moved to a so called "nice area" finchfield and I don't see any difference. I would rather go back to one of the other areas.. You have the added I'm better than you on top of.. Drugs, bikes, cars, burglary, gangs, guns.. I don't think there are any decent areas left here... Pretty sad really when you think about it.. I have been born and raised here my family has been here for 200 years plus so I don't think I'd leave if I could... Its home

U didn’t go thru the the 2 infamous streets in dunstall and Reans which is Chester street and glentworth gardens

If black country urban decay is your thing I'd recommend Lye high street or the lost city in Tipton,

I left Wolverhampton about 15 years ago, I'm born and bred in Whitemore reans, always been a dangerous place, I have witnessed a few shootings, it's not nice, I visit my family still, but I would never want to live there again, definitely wouldn't bring my kids up there.

As a person from Wolverhampton I can confirm some of the nicest people are from these areas and I feel like you targeting a place that these people probably hate living there to is just awful you shouldn’t target someone’s living conditions because your doing better that’s awful

Park village, Pendeford, Low hill, the Lunt and Willenhall are dangerous areas aswell