Total Crime Rate

62.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 62.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kipling Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Bushbury North , and the 350th lowest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kipling Road (WV10 6BJ) in the last 12 months was 62.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% lower than the Bushbury North average (85.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kipling Road (WV10 6BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kipling Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alleston Walk (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kipling Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alleston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kipling Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alleston Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alleston Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kipling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crathorne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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