Total Crime Rate
500.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
151.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sidbury area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Battenhall , and the 10th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sidbury (WR1 2HU) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 868.6% higher than the Battenhall average (51.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 151.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sidbury (WR1 2HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worcester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Friar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amber Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Amber Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amber Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amber Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amber Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Prince Rupert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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