Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cannock 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.
View Crime In Bushbury South & Low Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ken Purchase Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chesterton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chesterton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chesterton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chesterton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chesterton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Westcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Addison Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Betjeman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Betjeman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Betjeman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Betjeman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Addison Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Addison Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenacres Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dickens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
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