Total Crime Rate

150.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 150.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 66.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.5 4/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Hawford Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Droitwich South West , and the 39th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Wychavon .

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 Hawford Place (WR9 8NG) in the last 12 months was 150.9 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% higher than the Droitwich South West average (81.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -13.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawford Place (WR9 8NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blake Avenue, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wych Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hawford Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blake Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wych Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chawson Pleck Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Sling Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padgewell Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blake Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blake Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blake Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Celvestune Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Celvestune Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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