Total Crime Rate

286.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 286.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 56.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 47.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.9 9/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.4 9/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Chesterton Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 43rd 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 Chesterton Road (WV10 8SP) in the last 12 months was 286.5 per 1,000 residents and was 186.1% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 750.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 89.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 168.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chesterton Road (WV10 8SP), 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 Chesterton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Betjeman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Redcotts Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redcotts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A460 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chesterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chesterton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dickens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chesterton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chesterton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chesterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Redcotts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station 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 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station

Data Sources

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