Crime Rates at Lime Street, Wolverhampton, WV3 0EX

Lime Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 221st highest crime rate of 782 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 Lime Street (WV3 0EX) in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Street (WV3 0EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cardiff Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charles Wesley Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.