Total Crime Rate
76.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Goldsmith Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Rainbow Hill , and the 134th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Goldsmith Road (WR4 9JP) in the last 12 months was 76.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.6% lower than the Rainbow Hill average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 275.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goldsmith Road (WR4 9JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gamekeepers Drive (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 | Drugs | Cedar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gorse Hill Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanway Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorse Hill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gorse Hill Road | 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 | Fairmount Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughmans 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 | Furness Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wigton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Salters Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardeners Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barbers Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cedar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turners Close | — |
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