Total Crime Rate

76.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.7 5/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Goldsmith 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.

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Crime Over Time in Goldsmith Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gorse Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanway Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coopers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gorse Hill Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gorse Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairmount Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldsmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairmount Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gamekeepers Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gamekeepers Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ploughmans Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ploughmans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Derwent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Derwent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furness Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wigton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goldsmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Salters Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gardeners Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barbers Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Cedar Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turners Close —

Data Sources

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