Total Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rakegate Close area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bushbury North , and the 201st lowest crime rate of 782 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 Rakegate Close (WV10 6US) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% lower than the Bushbury North average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rakegate Close (WV10 6US), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kyle Close, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Minehead Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rakegate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rakegate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minehead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewisham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewisham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Renton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Minehead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minehead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kyle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Renton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Renton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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