Total Crime Rate
84.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadheath Common area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick , and the 41st highest crime rate of 257 local areas in Malvern Hills .
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 Broadheath Common (WR2 6RL) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 175.0% higher than the Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick average (30.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadheath Common (WR2 6RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laylocks Lane, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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