Total Crime Rate
513.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Laburnum Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 21st highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Laburnum Street (WV3 0BT) in the last 12 months was 513.2 per 1,000 residents and was 412.5% higher 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 Anti-social behaviour with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 227.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 76.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laburnum Street (WV3 0BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oaks Drive, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cardiff Street (19 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Humber Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fisher Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fisher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cardiff Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cardiff Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cardiff Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oaks Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oaks Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Zoar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elias Mattu Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oaks Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oaks Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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