Total Crime Rate

199.5 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 199.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.3 10/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Tennyson Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 76th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tennyson Road (WV10 8NG) in the last 12 months was 199.5 per 1,000 residents and was 99.2% higher than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (100.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Road (WV10 8NG), the main crime hotspot is near Dryden Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bushbury South & Low Hill

Crime Over Time in Tennyson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dickens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ruskin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Newman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Betjeman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wildtree Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wildtree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wildtree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wildtree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wildtree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wildtree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wildtree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Betjeman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Betjeman Place Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.