Total Crime Rate

150.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.0 9/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westlyn Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Link , and the 20th highest crime rate of 256 local areas in Malvern Hills .

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 Westlyn Close (WR14 2SJ) in the last 12 months was 150.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.2% higher than the Link average (98.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 61.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 101.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westlyn Close (WR14 2SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pickersleigh Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westlyn Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickersleigh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickersleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickersleigh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hampden Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hampden Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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