Crime in WR
How much crime is recorded in WR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Wychavon
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 355,069 (2024)
WRPostcode area · Worcester
How safe is WR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in WR, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all council areas.
Around the middle of council areas in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 13% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates use each neighbourhood's latest twelve published months, which end between January 2026 and August 2026 because police forces publish on different schedules.