Total Crime Rate

4216.2 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 4216.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1375.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1260.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 446.0 10/10
  • Public order 375.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 145.3 10/10
  • Other theft 128.4 10/10
  • Drugs 98.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 81.1 10/10
  • Robbery 74.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 64.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 57.4 10/10
  • Burglary 50.7 10/10
  • Other crime 30.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.4 10/10
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

New 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.

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Crime Over Time in New Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order St Swithin'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Angel Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mealcheapen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mealcheapen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sansome Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sansome Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sansome Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Angel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Angel Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sansome Place
Sep 2025Other theft Friar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Street
Sep 2025Drugs James Close Local resolution

Data Sources

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