Total Crime Rate
4216.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New Street area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Battenhall , and the highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
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 New Street (WR1 2DL) in the last 12 months was 4216.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8845.9% higher than the Battenhall average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 407 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 9 cases , up 80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 214.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -24.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 557 (≈ 1881.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Street (WR1 2DL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 387 crimes here, including 124 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Battenhall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Swithin'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Angel Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mealcheapen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mealcheapen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edgar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sansome Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sansome Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sansome Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Angel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sansome Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | James Close | Local resolution |
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