Worcester local authority area. Every figure carries its own date.
What the recorded figures show, and what they cannot tell us.
Recorded crime and population
A larger population can mean more recorded offences even when the number of offences per resident falls. Read the total and the rate together.
A checked recorded-crime total and matching population rate for this exact council area are not available in this collection yet. The local mapped records below remain a separate measure.
Can we test the population theory over 30 years?
Only where the offence definitions, recording practices and area boundaries are comparable. Changes in reporting, police recording and the types of crime matter too. We do not join incompatible series or invent missing years.
No verified one-to-one current CSP/authority code relationship; aggregate or split geography requires review
2002/03: Series starts after April 2002 recording-standard introduction; not comparable to pre-2002 records.
2013/14: Offence grouping revision; source back-series retained. Recording practice changes also affect comparisons.
2017/18: Burglary classification changed; broad total retained but detailed groups need review.
2023/24: Burglary subcategories and recording-rule changes require interpretation review.
A comparable 30-year crime-and-population trend has not been established for this area.
For example, if offences rose by 10% while population rose by 20%, offences per resident would fall by about 8%. This is an illustration, not a finding about this area.
People commuting or visiting can also affect offences recorded in a place. The resident population is a useful common denominator, but does not count everyone present.
What could help? Follow the types and locations of repeated problems, check residents’ experiences, and assess the response. Area population totals do not identify who commits offences.
Police-recorded locations for Worcester local authority area. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
10,265 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 10,180 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Worcester local authority area · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 858 mapped crimes in September 2024; 980 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
674.88561k
September 2024August 2026
The line joins consecutive published observations.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Worcester
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
858
137
October 2024
873
186
November 2024
841
183
December 2024
810
184
January 2025
797
141
February 2025
711
162
March 2025
826
170
April 2025
877
203
May 2025
841
197
June 2025
904
198
July 2025
909
209
August 2025
933
196
September 2025
793
168
October 2025
823
156
November 2025
750
137
December 2025
828
180
January 2026
780
126
February 2026
789
160
March 2026
875
191
April 2026
861
0
May 2026
929
0
June 2026
844
171
July 2026
1,013
240
August 2026
980
207
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Worcester
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
4,470
shoplifting
1,383
criminal damage arson
954
public order
771
other theft
664
vehicle crime
512
burglary
496
drugs
273
other crime
221
robbery
181
bicycle theft
158
possession of weapons
132
theft from the person
50
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
