Total Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Drake Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Dines Green & Grove Farm , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Drake Avenue (WR2 5SA) in the last 12 months was 41.1 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drake Avenue (WR2 5SA), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spenser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurdman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Road | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hurdman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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