Total Crime Rate
155.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edgeworth Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Warndon & Elbury Park , and the 61st highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edgeworth Close (WR4 9PE) in the last 12 months was 155.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% higher than the Warndon & Elbury Park average (141.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edgeworth Close (WR4 9PE), the main crime hotspot is near Oakridge Close. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Worcester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brookthorpe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Honister Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chedworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Honister Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Honister Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookthorpe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brookthorpe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookthorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selsey Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hopegill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hopegill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hopegill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chedworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rodborough Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodborough Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodborough Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oakridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranham Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Honister Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honister Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coberley Close | Under investigation |
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