Total Crime Rate
100.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prestbury Close area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Warndon & Elbury Park , and the 103rd 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 Prestbury Close (WR4 9XG) in the last 12 months was 100.4 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% lower 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 Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prestbury Close (WR4 9XG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 19 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 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haresfield 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Avening Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Avening Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quenington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cherington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leckhampton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackpole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackpole Road | Under investigation |
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