Total Crime Rate
46.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rounds Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Leopard Hill , and the 134th lowest 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 Rounds Road (WR5 1SU) in the last 12 months was 46.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% lower than the Leopard Hill average (91.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rounds Road (WR5 1SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Exeter Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westminster Road (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 | Durham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Exeter 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 | Wells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rounds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newtown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rounds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westminster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Darwin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Albans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Albans Close | Under investigation |
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