Postcode · Worcester
Crime in WR5 2BP
How much crime is recorded in WR5 2BP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Battenhall & Diglis
- Council
- Worcester
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,003 (2024)
WR5 2BPWorcester
How safe is WR5 2BP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WR5 2BP area, 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
22.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
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).
WR5 2BPNational
Burglary16.19.1
Violence and sexual offences15.223.6
Anti-social behaviour12.810.7
Criminal damage and arson9.04.7
Shoplifting2.98.4
Public order1.94.6
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Robbery1.01.4
Drugs0.82.4
Other theft0.84.5
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.