Total Crime Rate

73.5 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 73.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.8 7/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Burleigh 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.

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Crime Over Time in Burleigh Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bruford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Owen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Owen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Aston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Carlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bamford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rayleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rayleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bruford Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffcock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffcock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Wesley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Wesley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Wesley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Wesley Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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