Total Crime Rate

552.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 552.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 516.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kersley Gardens area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heath Town , and the 18th highest crime rate of 784 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 Kersley Gardens (WV11 3LG) in the last 12 months was 552.0 per 1,000 residents and was 211.8% higher than the Heath Town average (177.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 129 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1700.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kersley Gardens (WV11 3LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holberg Grove, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Colman Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kersley Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Westport Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Easton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holberg Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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