Total Crime Rate

54.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Rayleigh Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 296th lowest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rayleigh Road (WV3 0AX) in the last 12 months was 54.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.3% lower than the Bushbury South & Low Hill average (100.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Rayleigh Road (WV3 0AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rayleigh Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jeffcock Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rayleigh Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bruford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Burleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bruford Road
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Aston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skidmore Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bamford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffcock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffcock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Rayleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rayleigh Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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