Total Crime Rate

274.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

88.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 274.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 88.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 88.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.5 9/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Drugs 15.2 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wainwright Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in St Nicholas , and the 25th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .

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 Wainwright Road (WR4 9FA) in the last 12 months was 274.4 per 1,000 residents and was 595.5% higher than the St Nicholas average (39.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 88.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wainwright Road (WR4 9FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wainwright Road, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chilham Place (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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