Crime Rate in Bushbury South & Low Hill, ward

Bushbury South & Low Hill has the 9th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Wolverhampton district and the 1764th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 152nd highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bushbury South & Low Hill in the last 12 months was 100.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% lower than the Wolverhampton district average (109.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bushbury South & Low Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 881 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 10 cases , down -44.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 26.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,009 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bushbury South & Low Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 57 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Newport Street (34 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.