Total Crime Rate
171.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bushbury 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordhouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadle Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Walker Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swallow Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broome Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whetstone Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broome Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whetstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whetstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broome Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swallow Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broome Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whetstone Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melverton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malvern Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Malvern Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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