Total Crime Rate

89.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Catisfield Crescent area has the 15th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Oxley , and the 303rd highest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Catisfield Crescent (WV8 1XQ) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% higher than the Oxley average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Catisfield Crescent (WV8 1XQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wheatsheaf Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alderford Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Catisfield Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Forge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bebington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bebington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duffield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sholing Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gainford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gainford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatsheaf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastney Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Eastney Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bebington Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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