Total Crime Rate
286.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chesterton 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.
View Crime In Bushbury South & Low Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Betjeman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redcotts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcotts Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A460 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chesterton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chesterton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dickens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chesterton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chesterton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chesterton Road | 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 | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Redcotts Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
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