Total Crime Rate
54.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rayleigh 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.
View Crime In Bushbury South & Low Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bruford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bruford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Aston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Skidmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jeffcock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jeffcock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rayleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayleigh Road | Under investigation |
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