Total Crime Rate
54.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Egmont Gardens area has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heath Town , and the 329th lowest crime rate of 782 local areas in Wolverhampton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Egmont Gardens (WV11 3LQ) in the last 12 months was 54.7 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% lower than the Heath Town average (160.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Egmont Gardens (WV11 3LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holberg Grove, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lawrence Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wolverhampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firsvale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Perry Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawrence Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perry Hall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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