Total Crime Rate

139.3 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 139.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Northwood Park Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Bushbury North , and the 151st highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northwood Park Close (WV10 8EZ) in the last 12 months was 139.3 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% higher 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northwood Park Close (WV10 8EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northwood Park Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Primrose Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Northwood Park Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carisbrooke Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bentley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carisbrooke Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Lane
Sep 2025Burglary School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northwood Park Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northwood Park Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northwood Park Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northwood Park Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushall Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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