Crime Rate in Claines, ward

Claines has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Worcester district and the 1977th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 182nd lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Claines in the last 12 months was 43.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% lower than the Worcester district average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Claines’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 115 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 136 (≈ 16.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Claines ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Bilford Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.