Wild in the Streets received a mixed review from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, who gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, claiming that it does not have "the wild, appealingly offensive mixture of crude lyrics and frenetic riffs that made the Circle Jerks' debut, Group Sex".
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave Wild in the Streets a mixed review, giving it 3 out of 5 stars. He claimed that it does not have "the wild and appealingly offensive combination of crude lyrics and frenetic riffs" present on the Circle Jerks' debut album, Group Sex.