Total Crime Rate
105.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Canterbury Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Leopard Hill , and the 96th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Worcester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Canterbury Road (WR5 1PG) in the last 12 months was 105.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% higher than the Leopard Hill average (91.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canterbury Road (WR5 1PG), the main crime hotspot is near B4636. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 111 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 | Shoplifting | Exeter Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B4636 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Darwin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linksview Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linksview Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aconbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carlisle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4636 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4636 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newtown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rounds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rounds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canterbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canterbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4636 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4636 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4636 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4636 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4636 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4636 | Under investigation |
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