Total Crime Rate

171.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 171.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 93.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Bushbury Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bushbury North , and the 97th highest crime rate of 782 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 Bushbury Lane (WV10 9TY) in the last 12 months was 171.4 per 1,000 residents and was 120.0% higher than the Bushbury North average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 93.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bushbury Lane (WV10 9TY), the main crime hotspot is near Comet Drive. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Wolverhampton

Crime Over Time in Bushbury Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordhouse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cadle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swallow Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swallow Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swallow Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Walker Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walker Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cadle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cadle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Swallow Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broome Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whetstone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broome Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whetstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Whetstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broome Road
Apr 2026Burglary Broome Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Swallow Court Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broome Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broome Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malvern Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whetstone Grove
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melverton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Malvern Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Malvern Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malvern Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malvern Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malvern Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Malvern Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.