Total Crime Rate
27.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sapphire Crescent area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Dines Green & Grove Farm , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sapphire Crescent (WR2 5PT) in the last 12 months was 27.2 per 1,000 residents and was 73.5% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sapphire Crescent (WR2 5PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dowland Gardens, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lear Close (13 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 | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Greenacres Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenacres Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oldbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenacres Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sanctuary Close | Under investigation |
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