Postcode district · Worcester
Crime in WR5
How much crime is recorded in WR5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Worcester
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 48,025 (2024)
WR5Postcode district · Worcester
How safe is WR5
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in WR5, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
71
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).
WR5National
Violence and sexual offences26.823.6
Shoplifting12.78.4
Burglary11.39.1
Anti-social behaviour9.510.7
Criminal damage and arson5.94.7
Public order4.64.6
Other theft4.04.5
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Drugs1.92.4
Robbery1.41.4
Other crime1.31.5
Bicycle theft1.31.0
Theft from the person1.12.1
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 6% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.