Total Crime Rate

313.4 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 313.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 96.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.0 8/10
  • Public order 23.0 9/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Mount Gardens area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Bilbrook , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 356 local areas in South Staffordshire .

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 Mount Gardens (WV8 1PS) in the last 12 months was 313.4 per 1,000 residents and was 312.4% higher than the Bilbrook average (76.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 152.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Gardens (WV8 1PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bakers Way (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mount Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bakers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ward Road Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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