Total Crime Rate
90.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Masefield Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 300th highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Masefield Road (WV10 8SJ) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Masefield Road (WV10 8SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Dryden Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bushbury South & Low Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Betjeman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whistler Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chesterton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Betjeman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ruskin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Betjeman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Betjeman Place | 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 | Burglary | Newman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlyle Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlyle Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ken Purchase Gardens | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
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