Total Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Olinthus Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Wednesfield North , and the 56th lowest crime rate of 782 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 Olinthus Avenue (WV11 3DG) in the last 12 months was 15.2 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% lower than the Wednesfield North average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Olinthus Avenue (WV11 3DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pritchard Avenue, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moat Green Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wright Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portcullis Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Olinthus Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Olinthus Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carol Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carol Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pritchard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olinthus Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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