Postcode · Worcester
Crime in WR3 8DA
How much crime is recorded in WR3 8DA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Barbourne & Rainbow Hill
- Council
- Worcester
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,014 (2024)
WR3 8DAWorcester
How safe is WR3 8DA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WR3 8DA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
WR3 8DANational
Burglary13.39.1
Violence and sexual offences11.223.6
Anti-social behaviour8.910.7
Criminal damage and arson4.44.7
Vehicle crime4.33.5
Other theft3.84.5
Public order2.24.6
Bicycle theft1.91.0
Drugs1.32.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Other crime0.41.5
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.