Total Crime Rate

166.7 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 166.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.1 6/10
  • Other crime 13.1 10/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Cannock Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 115th 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 Cannock Road (WV10 8QA) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 66.4% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 101.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cannock Road (WV10 8QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chesterton Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westcroft Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cannock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Keats Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ken Purchase Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chesterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chesterton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chesterton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chesterton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chesterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Westcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Addison Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Betjeman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Betjeman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Betjeman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Betjeman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Addison Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keats Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Keats Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Addison Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenacres 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Dickens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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