Total Crime Rate

162.1 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 162.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Moat Green Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Wednesfield North , and the 119th 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 Moat Green Avenue (WV11 3DF) in the last 12 months was 162.1 per 1,000 residents and was 127.5% higher than the Wednesfield North average (71.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 110.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moat Green Avenue (WV11 3DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Olinthus Avenue, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moat Green Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Moat Green Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Linthouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat Green Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Olinthus Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Olinthus Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lich Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shardlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shardlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Overseal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pritchard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pritchard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pritchard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat Green Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olinthus Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat Green Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat Green Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat Green Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moat House Lane East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moat House Lane East
Sep 2025Other theft Dudley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wright Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portcullis Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linthouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linthouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olinthus Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Olinthus Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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