Total Crime Rate

92.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 92.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lawley Road area has the 62nd highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Bilston North , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 784 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 Lawley Road (WV14 0NB) in the last 12 months was 92.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 71.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 366.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawley Road (WV14 0NB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lawley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Albany Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Freezeland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tangmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Coronation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wapentake Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wapentake Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ketley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Baobab Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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