Crime Rate in Bushbury North, ward

Bushbury North has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Wolverhampton district and the 2442nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 240th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bushbury North in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% lower than the Wolverhampton district average (109.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bushbury North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 468 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -46.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 547 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bushbury North ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 109 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Vine Close (43 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.