Total Crime Rate
80.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elm Street area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 308th highest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elm Street (WV3 0AF) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% lower than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Street (WV3 0AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merridale Crescent, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartley Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crawford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merridale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Yew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merridale Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merridale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fir Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Owen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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