Total Crime Rate
392.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hobgate Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Fallings Park , and the 27th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .
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 Hobgate Road (WV10 0PR) in the last 12 months was 392.9 per 1,000 residents and was 324.9% higher than the Fallings Park average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 125 (≈ 232.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hobgate Road (WV10 0PR), the main crime hotspot is near Grove Street. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Fallings Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hobgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provence Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tithe Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Long Ley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tithe Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Inkerman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inkerman Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobgate Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobgate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hobgate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hobgate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provence Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hobgate Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clover Ley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clover Ley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clover Ley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ley | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provence Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tithe Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woden Road | Under investigation |
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