Total Crime Rate
4459.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1949.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High 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 High Street (WR1 2QL) in the last 12 months was 4459.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8539.0% higher than the Battenhall average (51.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 428 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 8 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 19.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 577 (≈ 1949.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (WR1 2QL), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Foregate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sansome Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Malthouse Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sansome Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sansome Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sansome Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Foregate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Foregate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Foregate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Angel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Angel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Angel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Shambles | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Amber Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amber Wharf | Under investigation |
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