Total Crime Rate

151.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 151.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.1 10/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hardwicke Close area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in St Clement , and the 68th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hardwicke Close (WR2 5NX) in the last 12 months was 151.5 per 1,000 residents and was 232.5% higher than the St Clement average (45.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 63.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 110.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardwicke Close (WR2 5NX), the main crime hotspot is near Elm Road. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hardwicke Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary St Clement'S Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Clement'S Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Wheeler Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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