Total Crime Rate
79.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Joiners Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in St Nicholas , and the 134th 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 Joiners Close (WR4 9XD) in the last 12 months was 79.2 per 1,000 residents and was 100.7% higher than the St Nicholas average (39.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Joiners Close (WR4 9XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worcester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quenington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Avening Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salters Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackpole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackpole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Avening Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avening Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avening Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cherington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gamekeepers Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ploughmans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Millers Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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