Total Crime Rate
750.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
293.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Battenhall , and the 8th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (WR1 2HW) in the last 12 months was 750.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1352.9% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 7.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 293.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WR1 2HW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 405 crimes here, including 117 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Worcester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Angel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Angel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Angel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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