Total Crime Rate
428.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
331.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leasowes Drive area has the highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Merry Hill , and the 23rd 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 4QB) in the last 12 months was 428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 644.4% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 331.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leasowes Drive (WV4 4QB), the main crime hotspot is near Chadwick Close. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trysull Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leasowes Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warstones Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Warstones Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rindleford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingslow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsclere Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Telford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Telford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bassett Close | Under investigation |
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