Total Crime Rate

298.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 298.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 112.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.9 10/10
  • Public order 32.5 10/10
  • Other theft 29.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wolverhampton Road area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Wyre Forest Rural , and the 19th highest crime rate of 334 local areas in Wyre Forest .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wolverhampton Road (DY10 3RZ) in the last 12 months was 298.8 per 1,000 residents and was 377.5% higher than the Wyre Forest Rural average (62.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 450.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 145.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 122.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 143.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wolverhampton Road (DY10 3RZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Talbotshill Lane, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elm Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wolverhampton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbotshill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbotshill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talbotshill Lane —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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