Total Crime Rate

25.6 per 1,000 3/10 Β· Low

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 25.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Southfield Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Arboretum , and the 67th lowest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .

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 Southfield Street (WR1 1NJ) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% lower than the Arboretum average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (β‰ˆ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southfield Street (WR1 1NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 189 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Southfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sansome Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sansome Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Worcester Foregate Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Worcester Foregate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Worcester Foregate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Worcester Foregate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Worcester Foregate Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sansome Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sansome Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manning Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sansome Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Southfield Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Southfield Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sansome Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sansome Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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