Total Crime Rate
215.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wheelwright 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.
View Crime In St Nicholas| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Derwent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardeners Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turners Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Road | 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 | Gorse Hill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gorse Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gorse Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmount Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Acacia Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cedar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Salters Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Redwood Close | Under investigation |
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