Total Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookside Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Dines Green & Grove Farm , and the 122nd 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 Brookside Road (WR2 5PS) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% lower than the Dines Green & Grove Farm average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookside Road (WR2 5PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gresham Road, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spenser Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worcester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spenser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oldbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
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