St Peter's Parish, Worcester: Safety
Safety
St Peter's Parish is noticeably safer than both the UK and West Midlands averages, and this has held true throughout 2024 and 2025.
In 2025, the neighbourhood saw around 23 crimes per month, against 58 across the UK and 63 across the West Midlands. Vehicle crime is particularly low — just 5 incidents for the whole year. Anti-social behaviour also sits well below what you'd see regionally.
Early figures for 2026 suggest crime is dropping even further, though the year's still ongoing. Compared to neighbouring Nunnery, which records roughly 3 times as many crimes, St Peter's Parish is one of the quieter neighbourhoods around.
Source: police-recorded crime for St Peter's Parish 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 Peter's Parish 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 Peter's Parish ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
49.3
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
West Midlands region average
96.8
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Powick & the Hanleys
42.5
Lower than
Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington
65.8
Higher than
Lower Wick & Pitmaston
35.3
Similar to
Battenhall
47.3
Lower than
Nunnery
88.9
Similar to
Kempsey
53.3
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St Peter's Parish ward and the West Midlands region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences39%40%
- Shoplifting14%9%
- Anti-social behaviour13%11%
- Criminal damage and arson9%7%
- Public order6%6%
- Other theft6%6%
- Burglary4%4%
- Other crime3%2%
- Robbery2%2%
- Vehicle crime2%7%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Theft from the person1%1%
- Possession of weapons1%2%
- Drugs1%3%
