Total Crime Rate
73.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burleigh Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 383rd highest crime rate of 784 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 Burleigh Road (WV3 0HN) in the last 12 months was 73.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burleigh Road (WV3 0HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lea Road, where police recorded 28 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 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bingley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Owen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Aston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rayleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bruford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jeffcock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jeffcock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Wesley Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Wesley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Wesley Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Wesley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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