Total Crime Rate

279.1 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 279.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 61.4 8/10
  • Robbery 33.7 10/10
  • Public order 21.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Drugs 15.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Bates Grove area has the 5th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Fallings Park , and the 47th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bates Grove (WV10 0QL) in the last 12 months was 279.1 per 1,000 residents and was 201.8% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 156.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bates Grove (WV10 0QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bates Grove, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Fallings Park

Crime Over Time in Bates Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bates Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bushbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bushbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bates Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bates Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helenny Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Thorneycroft Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thorneycroft Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coronation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wolverhampton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Church Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bushbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.