Total Crime Rate
63.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cedar Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Rainbow Hill , and the 157th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cedar Avenue (WR4 9UD) in the last 12 months was 63.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% lower than the Rainbow Hill average (129.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cedar Avenue (WR4 9UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worcester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salters Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorse Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B4550 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorse Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gorse Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Millers Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fir Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fir Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmont Road | Under investigation |
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