Crime Rate in St Nicholas, ward

St Nicholas has the lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Worcester district and the 1548th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 138th lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Nicholas in the last 12 months was 39.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% lower than the Worcester district average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Nicholas’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 13.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Nicholas ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Stanier Road, with 43 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Newark Green (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.