Total Crime Rate
104.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Showell Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 230th highest crime rate of 782 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 Showell Road (WV10 9LT) in the last 12 months was 104.3 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% higher than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Showell Road (WV10 9LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Humphries Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Guy Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Millington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humphries Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humphries Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Othello Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Othello Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montano Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montano Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guy Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broome Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Humphries Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Millington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broome Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broome Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broome Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Comet Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swallow Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swallow Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Humphries Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Court | Awaiting court outcome |
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