Total Crime Rate

184.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 184.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 33.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.4 9/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Robbery 8.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle 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.
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Crime overview

Cannock Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 94th 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 Cannock Road (WV10 0RQ) in the last 12 months was 184.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.1% higher than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (100.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 89.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cannock Road (WV10 0RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Raynor Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ellerton Walk (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cannock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Eastcote Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raynor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Raynor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Raynor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raynor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bickford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bickford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bickford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellerton Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Raynor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bushbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bushbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bushbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Kingsway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thorneycroft Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Thorneycroft Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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