Total Crime Rate

215.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 215.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 94.3 9/10
  • Public order 34.0 10/10
  • Other theft 26.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.3 3/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Wheelwright Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in St Nicholas , and the 42nd 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 Wheelwright Close (WR4 9JS) in the last 12 months was 215.1 per 1,000 residents and was 450.0% higher than the St Nicholas average (39.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheelwright Close (WR4 9JS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wheelwright Close area

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

Data Sources

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