Total Crime Rate
500.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
151.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severn Street 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 Severn Street (WR1 2ND) 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 Severn Street (WR1 2ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 103 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 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolhope Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Castle Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | College Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | College Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
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