St John's, Worcester: Safety
Safety
St John's is safer than most places. It records fewer crimes per month than both the UK and West Midlands averages, and early 2026 data shows a real improvement in anti-social behaviour and criminal damage.
In 2024 and 2025, the neighbourhood averaged around 41 to 45 crimes per month. That's well below the UK average of roughly 58 to 60 and the West Midlands average of around 63 to 65.
Anti-social behaviour has dropped sharply. There were 93 incidents across all of 2025, but just 19 in the first 9 months of 2026. Criminal damage has also fallen noticeably, and violent crime figures are heading in the right direction too.
The neighbouring Cathedral neighbourhood recorded over 3,300 crimes in 2025, so St John's is considerably quieter by comparison.
Source: police-recorded crime for St John's ward (West Mercia Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. St John's ward: West Mercia Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
St John's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
102
Similar to
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Similar to
West Midlands region average
96.8
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Cathedral
536.2
Higher than
Lower Wick & Pitmaston
35.3
Higher than
St Clement
41.5
Similar to
Dines Green & Grove Farm
105.2
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St John's ward and the West Midlands region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences35%40%
- Anti-social behaviour17%11%
- Criminal damage and arson9%7%
- Shoplifting7%9%
- Other theft7%6%
- Public order6%6%
- Burglary5%4%
- Vehicle crime5%7%
- Drugs3%3%
- Other crime2%2%
- Robbery1%2%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Possession of weapons1%2%
- Theft from the person1%1%
