Total Crime Rate

87.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 52.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Emerson 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.

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Crime Over Time in Emerson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dryden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Emerson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Fallings Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Chad'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Byron Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dryden Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Primrose Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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