Total Crime Rate
179.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avening 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Warndon & Elbury Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haresfield Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sheepscombe Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leckhampton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leckhampton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanway Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleeve Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Windermere Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Haresfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haresfield Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haresfield Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleeve Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmancote | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmancote | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmancote | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Leckhampton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatcombe Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Crickley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crickley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coberley Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatcombe Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatcombe Drive | Under investigation |
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