Total Crime Rate

27.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 27.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Underhill Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 120th lowest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Underhill Lane (WV10 8NT) in the last 12 months was 27.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -68.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Underhill Lane (WV10 8NT), the main crime hotspot is near Westcroft Avenue. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 20 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 Underhill Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenacres Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue 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 Larkin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keats Road Under investigation
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 Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Westcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wildtree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edge Hill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ken Purchase Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterhead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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