Total Crime Rate

745.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

206.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 745.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 219.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 211.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 206.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 163.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.4 10/10
  • Public order 43.1 10/10
  • Burglary 21.6 10/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Street area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Castlemorton, Welland & Wells , and the highest crime rate of 257 local areas in Malvern Hills .

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 Church Street (WR14 2AA) in the last 12 months was 745.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1900.8% higher than the Castlemorton, Welland & Wells average (37.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 206.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (WR14 2AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grange Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Orchard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bellevue Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Bellevue Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Offender given a caution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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