Total Crime Rate
24.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ferndown Gardens area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heath Town , and the 111th 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 Ferndown Gardens (WV11 3TE) in the last 12 months was 24.3 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ferndown Gardens (WV11 3TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holberg Grove, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southfield Road (9 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Firsvale Road | 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 | Shoplifting | Holberg Grove | 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 |
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