Crime Rates at Wordsworth Road, The Scotlands, Wolverhampton, WV10 8RT

Wordsworth Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 782 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 Wordsworth Road (WV10 8RT) in the last 12 months was 278.1 per 1,000 residents and was 213.3% higher than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 92.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (WV10 8RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 200 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dryden Road (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.