Total Crime Rate

179.9 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 179.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.1 9/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Avening Close area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Warndon & Elbury Park , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avening Close (WR4 9LH) in the last 12 months was 179.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% higher than the Warndon & Elbury Park average (164.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (β‰ˆ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avening Close (WR4 9LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crickley Drive (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Avening Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haresfield Close β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Sheepscombe Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leckhampton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leckhampton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanway Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cleeve Drive β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coopers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Windermere Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Haresfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haresfield Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haresfield Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cleeve Drive β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prestbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodmancote Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodmancote Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodmancote Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Coberley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Leckhampton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chatcombe Drive β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Crickley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crickley Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coberley Close β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Coberley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coberley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coberley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatcombe Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatcombe Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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