Total Crime Rate

90.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.2 8/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Kempthorne Road area has the 61st lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Bilston North , and the 301st 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 Kempthorne Road (WV14 7AL) in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kempthorne Road (WV14 7AL), the main crime hotspot is near Lonsdale Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kempthorne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brueton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lavender Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lunt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brueton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brueton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Jean Hasketh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garden Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Garden Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jean Hasketh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jean Hasketh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brueton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brueton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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