Total Crime Rate

187.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 187.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.0 10/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Rathbone Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Bilston North , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rathbone Close (WV14 0HZ) in the last 12 months was 187.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% higher than the Bilston North average (139.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 114.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rathbone Close (WV14 0HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pinfold Street, where police recorded 208 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rathbone Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Dover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stonefield Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jenkins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jenkins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stonefield Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Smith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Smith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stonefield Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Dennis Turner Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Linton Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Dennis Turner Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Linton Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linton Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linton Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Earl Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Stonefield Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jenkins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thompson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dover Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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