Published crime rates, West Mercia (West Mercia Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 62	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	WR1 10,413 residents	399.9	4,164
2	TF3 26,987 residents	164.4	4,436
3	TF7 19,094 residents	129.4	2,471
4	SY1 28,687 residents	126.2	3,620
5	WR4 26,515 residents	96.9	2,569
6	DY10 37,009 residents	95.2	3,523
7	B98 50,309 residents	92.8	4,667
8	B97 35,057 residents	92.4	3,239
9	DY11 32,219 residents	91.8	2,958
10	SY22 9,279 residents	86.0	798
11	TF4 22,979 residents	85.8	1,972
12	TF1 42,750 residents	84.8	3,626
13	DY13 22,935 residents	84.2	1,931
14	WR5 35,060 residents	83.6	2,930
15	TF2 40,727 residents	82.5	3,361
16	WR11 48,021 residents	78.0	3,746
17	HR7 7,382 residents	76.5	565
18	SA44 11,084 residents	75.5	837
19	HR1 33,611 residents	75.1	2,525
20	SY11 27,832 residents	73.7	2,051

Lowest published rates

Rank of 62	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
62	TF5 5,074 residents	25.0	127
61	B96 5,278 residents	28.8	152
60	WR12 6,141 residents	29.5	181
59	SY6 6,915 residents	31.2	216
58	SY10 15,667 residents	33.4	524
57	WV7 7,669 residents	35.6	273
56	SY7 10,913 residents	35.9	392
55	WR13 8,855 residents	36.0	319
54	DY14 8,650 residents	36.1	312
53	WR7 5,741 residents	36.9	212
52	SY5 22,910 residents	38.4	880
51	WR6 13,094 residents	40.2	526
50	TF6 5,779 residents	42.4	245
49	WR15 7,330 residents	43.2	317
48	SY4 26,564 residents	45.4	1,207
47	HR8 14,144 residents	47.9	678
46	TF10 20,760 residents	49.1	1,020
45	SY12 8,603 residents	49.8	428
44	SY3 34,771 residents	51.0	1,773
43	WV15 8,554 residents	51.8	443

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 126	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	HR1 2 5,558 residents	258.2	1,435
2	B97 4 5,758 residents	192.9	1,111
3	WR11 4 8,176 residents	153.3	1,253
4	TF7 4 6,420 residents	146.9	943
5	DY10 1 7,415 residents	144.2	1,069
6	WR4 9 16,342 residents	130.5	2,132
7	WR5 1 11,383 residents	129.7	1,476
8	TF3 1 11,041 residents	126.9	1,401
9	DY11 6 13,065 residents	125.4	1,639
10	HR4 9 7,837 residents	121.5	952
11	TF7 5 12,674 residents	120.6	1,528
12	B97 6 12,326 residents	115.7	1,426
13	DY10 2 12,001 residents	110.4	1,325
14	WR3 8 9,709 residents	107.9	1,048
15	SY1 3 7,929 residents	107.5	852
16	SY11 1 6,516 residents	104.7	682
17	B98 8 8,696 residents	104.4	908
18	B61 8 6,866 residents	102.0	700
19	DY13 9 6,854 residents	101.4	695
20	DY11 7 8,594 residents	100.7	865

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 126	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
126	TF1 6 10,471 residents	22.8	239
125	TF5 0 5,074 residents	25.0	127
124	SY3 0 5,370 residents	26.1	140
123	DY9 0 12,022 residents	26.5	319
122	WR11 8 8,468 residents	27.4	232
121	SY10 9 5,154 residents	27.6	142
120	WR11 7 9,381 residents	28.4	266
119	HR1 4 6,395 residents	28.6	183
118	B96 6 5,278 residents	28.8	152
117	WR12 7 6,141 residents	29.5	181
116	HR1 3 6,969 residents	30.6	213
115	HR4 7 5,885 residents	30.6	180
114	GL20 7 8,945 residents	31.4	281
113	SY5 9 5,015 residents	32.1	161
112	WR10 3 5,160 residents	33.1	171
111	WR2 6 8,859 residents	33.3	295
110	HR6 9 5,886 residents	33.5	197
109	HR4 8 5,770 residents	35.0	202
108	WV7 3 7,669 residents	35.6	273
107	WR13 6 5,106 residents	35.6	182

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