Total Crime Rate

18.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 18.5 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.6 3/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ophelia Gardens area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bushbury South & Low Hill , and the 64th lowest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ophelia Gardens (WV10 9LW) in the last 12 months was 18.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ophelia Gardens (WV10 9LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Humphries Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Guy Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ophelia Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luce Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Humphries Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Humphries Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Humphries Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Humphries Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Humphries Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Luce Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guy Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Humphries Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Millington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Juliet Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Juliet Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawskford Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Humphries Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humphries Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Othello Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Foster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fourth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Fourth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Humphries Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Othello Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clare Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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