Total Crime Rate
229.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wigton Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Rainbow Hill , and the 35th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wigton Place (WR4 9GL) in the last 12 months was 229.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% higher than the Rainbow Hill average (129.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 134.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wigton Place (WR4 9GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coberley Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worcester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldrill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheepscombe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haresfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windermere Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldrill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rydal Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldrill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Langdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughmans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gamekeepers Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sheepscombe Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Close | Under investigation |
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