Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 33.9% | 33. lowest | 91% | 9.2k | -12.7% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 16.8% | 47. highest | 101% | 4.5k | -18.7% |
Shoplifting crime → | 9.5% | 18. highest | 126% | 2.6k | 29.5% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.0% | 44. lowest | 95% | 2.2k | -8.5% |
Public order crime → | 7.6% | 47. lowest | 93% | 2.1k | -17.5% |
Other theft crime → | 6.9% | 28. lowest | 83% | 1.9k | -13.8% |
Burglary crime → | 5.5% | 26. highest | 122% | 1.5k | 2.4% |
Vehicle crime → | 4.7% | 32. lowest | 72% | 1.3k | -10.6% |
Drugs crime → | 2.1% | 28. lowest | 74% | 571 | 2.0% |
Other crime → | 1.9% | 45. highest | 99% | 513 | 16.9% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 1.3% | 25. highest | 114% | 357 | 17.8% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 0.9% | 46. highest | 93% | 243 | -3.2% |
Robbery crime → | 0.5% | 25. lowest | 42% | 149 | -16.3% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.3% | 14. lowest | 16% | 92 | -44.2% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "shoplifting crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Shoplifting crime" rate is at 126% of national crime rate which puts Worcester on 18. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Shoplifting crime" makes up 9.5% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 2.6k cases and has increased by 29.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.