Crime Rates at Leasowes Drive, Wolverhampton, WV4 4PY

Leasowes Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Merry Hill , and the 89th highest crime rate of 782 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 Leasowes Drive (WV4 4PY) in the last 12 months was 181.5 per 1,000 residents and was 215.2% higher than the Merry Hill average (57.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 137.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leasowes Drive (WV4 4PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chadwick Close (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.