Total Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Emerson Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 284th highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Emerson Road (WV10 8DE) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% lower than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 52.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Emerson Road (WV10 8DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 200 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dryden Road (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Fallings Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Chad'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dryden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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