Total Crime Rate
489.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Goldsmith Road area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Rainbow Hill , and the 10th 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 Goldsmith Road (WR4 9FW) in the last 12 months was 489.8 per 1,000 residents and was 318.4% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 285.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goldsmith Road (WR4 9FW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rainbow Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Salters Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmount Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Windermere Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Haresfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haresfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gamekeepers Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haresfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haresfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanway Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmancote | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmancote | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmancote | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wigton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gamekeepers Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmount Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barbers Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turners Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Derwent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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