Crime Statistics for Rainbow Hill, Worcester, Worcestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rainbow Hill in August 2024. There were a total of 502 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Rainbow Hill, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	177
Anti Social Behaviour	96
Shoplifting	60
Criminal Damage Arson	43
Public Order	35
Other Theft	32
Vehicle Crime	19
Drugs	10
Burglary	9
Bicycle Theft	7
Robbery	6
Other Crime	4
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	502

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Rainbow Hill. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Rainbow Hill

We've taken the ten nearest places to Rainbow Hill and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Rainbow Hill has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Brickfields (0.62 miles)	706
Tolladine (0.88 miles)	521
Rainbow Hill	502
Blackpole (0.88 miles)	440
Northwick (0.88 miles)	177
St Johns (1.75 miles)	151
Cherry Orchard (1.86 miles)	91
Barbourne (0.88 miles)	75
Claines (1.24 miles)	74
Little Eastbury (1.96 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Rainbow Hill?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Rainbow Hill and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Brickfields	359
Tolladine	197
Blackpole	187
Rainbow Hill	177
Northwick	78
St Johns	48
Cherry Orchard	26
Barbourne	21
Claines	14
Little Eastbury	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Rainbow Hill?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Rainbow Hill to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Rainbow Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rainbow Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Rainbow Hill is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Warndon	86
2	Gorse Hill	86
3	Cathedral	81
4	Rainbow Hill	78
5	Arboretum	68
6	St John	61
7	St Stephen	48
8	Bedwardine	32
9	Battenhall	31
10	Claines	28
11	St Clement	20

Which road in Rainbow Hill has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Rainbow Hill with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around The Lane.