Total Crime Rate

74.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 74.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Dickinson Avenue area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 381st highest 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 Dickinson Avenue (WV10 9DQ) in the last 12 months was 74.1 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -51.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickinson Avenue (WV10 9DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jenks Avenue, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fifth Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dickinson Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lowcroft Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenks Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowcroft Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Showell Circus
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leacroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hendon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portsdown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickinson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Perry Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jenks Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lowcroft Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Colley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Chad'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sewell Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sewell Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Sycamores Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Third Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lowcroft Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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