Total Crime Rate

220.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

175.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 220.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 175.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 155.1 10/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Marlow Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Dines Green & Grove Farm , and the 38th 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 Marlow Road (WR2 5RX) in the last 12 months was 220.4 per 1,000 residents and was 115.3% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 26.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 175.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marlow Road (WR2 5RX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Marlow Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Oldbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Drake Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grenville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grenville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Essex Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gresham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Essex Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkins Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spenser Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spenser Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spenser Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spenser Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Greenacres Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenacres Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenacres Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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