Total Crime Rate

43.7 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 43.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Primrose Lane area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Fallings Park , and the 232nd 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 Primrose Lane (WV10 8RW) in the last 12 months was 43.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% lower than the Fallings Park average (92.5 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 342.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Primrose Lane (WV10 8RW), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 247 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Primrose Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dickens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whistler Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Redcotts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Redcotts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Redcotts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redcotts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redcotts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A460 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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