Total Crime Rate

153.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 153.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.4 8/10
  • Other theft 24.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.6 10/10
  • Burglary 14.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cherry Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 131st highest crime rate of 784 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 Cherry Street (WV3 0QW) in the last 12 months was 153.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cherry Street (WV3 0QW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cherry Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cardiff Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Zoar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Oaks Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oaks Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaks Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaks Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meadow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cardiff Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cardiff Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summerfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Summerfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Summerfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pelham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pelham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elias Mattu Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meadow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oaks Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oaks Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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