Total Crime Rate
187.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Norfolk Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dines Green & Grove Farm , and the 51st highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
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 Norfolk Close (WR2 5RA) in the last 12 months was 187.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% higher than the Dines Green & Grove Farm average (114.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 110.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norfolk Close (WR2 5RA), the main crime hotspot is near Gresham Road. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dines Green & Grove Farm| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathaway Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tudor Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tudor Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spenser Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hathaway Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earls Court Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ingram Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Under investigation |
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