Total Crime Rate
100.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rydal Close area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Rainbow Hill , and the 105th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rydal Close (WR4 9DF) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% lower than the Rainbow Hill average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 157.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 130.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rydal Close (WR4 9DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rainbow Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughmans Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rydal Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmount Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmount Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazel Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gamekeepers Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gamekeepers Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ploughmans Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trout Beck Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorse Hill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Derwent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Derwent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eskdale Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eskdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rydal Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gorse Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gorse Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rydal Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wigton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Linden Road | Under investigation |
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