Total Crime Rate

87.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.3 3/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cavendish Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Battenhall , and the 117th 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 Cavendish Street (WR5 3DU) in the last 12 months was 87.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.4% higher than the Battenhall average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Street (WR5 3DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Berwick Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Berwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Timberdine Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Berwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cherry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Berwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Berwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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