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Crime and Safety in Malvern Wells
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Malvern Wells is the 48th safest village in Worcestershire, and is the 48th safest overall out of Worcestershire's 195 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Malvern Wells in 2026 is 24 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Worcestershire's overall crime rate, coming in 60% lower than the Worcestershire rate of 61 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Malvern Wells is the 2,984th safest village, and the 3,041st safest location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In September 2023, Malvern Wells had the worst crime rate in Worcestershire for theft from the person, with 1 crime reported and a crime rate of 0.32 per 1,000 daytime population. August 2022 was also a bad month for Malvern Wells residents, when it was again Worcestershire's most dangerous area for theft from the person, recording 1 crime at a rate of 0.32 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Malvern Wells are violence and sexual offences, with 25 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 8. This is 4.2% higher than 2025's figure of 24 offences and a difference of 0.32 from 2025's crime rate of 8. Malvern Wells's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 0 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 0% from 2025's figure of 1 crime.
Malvern Wells 2026 Crime Scorecard
48Th Safest Village
Villages, Worcestershire
68% lower, regional crime rate
West Midlands
66% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Malvern Wells is 68% lower than the West Midlands and 66% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Malvern Wells Crime Rate Over Time
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Malvern Wells Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Malvern Wells represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Malvern Wells's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Malvern Wells up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Malvern Wells's 94 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Malvern Wells • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Malvern Wells has a crime risk score of 303. This is based on analysis of 94 nearby areas within Malvern Wells, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Malvern Wells's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Malvern Wells, crime risk scores are typically around 303, while in Worcestershire they are average 495.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 365 (481 for Worcestershire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 407 (Worcestershire 485).
Trends in Crime Risk
Malvern Wells
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 49% in Malvern Wells's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Malvern Wells's crime risk score is down by 12%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Malvern Wells's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 19%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Malvern Wells
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0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Malvern Wells • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Burglary offences have a crime rate of 3.83 reports per 1,000 people in Malvern Wells, which is 2.50 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 12 crime reports logged by West Mercia Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, West Mercia Police recorded 1 report of Theft From the Person in Malvern Wells, resulting in a crime rate of 0.32 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 2.29.
The crime rate for Vehicle Crime is 1.24 times the national average at 2.24 reports per 1,000. This is from 7 crime reports reported to West Mercia Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Malvern Wells
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.59 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.51 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 16% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Malvern Wells
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
No significant decreases identified.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Malvern Wells • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 9 | 2.88 | 0.33 | 7,514 | 11.10 | 0.86 | 59,827 | 8.79 | 0.62 |
| Bicycle Theft | 2 | 0.64 | 9.14 | 338 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 3,572 | 0.53 | 0.73 |
| Burglary | 12 | 3.83 | 2.50 | 2,341 | 3.45 | 1.10 | 24,188 | 3.54 | 1.13 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 12 | 3.83 | 1.05 | 3,783 | 5.59 | 0.89 | 43,744 | 6.42 | 1.02 |
| Drugs | 2 | 0.64 | 1.19 | 1,069 | 1.57 | 0.51 | 16,314 | 2.38 | 0.77 |
| Other Crime | 5 | 1.60 | 2.50 | 1,107 | 1.63 | 0.88 | 12,162 | 1.79 | 0.97 |
| Other Theft | 3 | 0.96 | 0.69 | 3,149 | 4.65 | 0.82 | 34,029 | 5.00 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | - | - | - | 550 | 0.82 | 0.96 | 9,710 | 1.44 | 1.69 |
| Public Order | 5 | 1.60 | 0.85 | 3,177 | 4.70 | 0.81 | 36,155 | 5.32 | 0.92 |
| Robbery | - | - | - | 560 | 0.83 | 0.70 | 9,171 | 1.35 | 1.14 |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 4,707 | 6.94 | 0.97 | 51,348 | 7.55 | 1.06 |
| Theft From the Person | 1 | 0.32 | 2.29 | 165 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 3,487 | 0.49 | 0.32 |
| Vehicle Crime | 7 | 2.24 | 1.24 | 2,056 | 3.04 | 0.71 | 38,628 | 5.68 | 1.32 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 25 | 7.96 | 0.31 | 18,520 | 27.35 | 0.90 | 231,901 | 34.05 | 1.12 |
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Total Crime by Year
Malvern Wells | Worcestershire | West Midlands | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 76 | 24.26 | 0.63 | 41,522 | 61.31 | 0.85 | 514,409 | 75.54 | 1.05 |
| 2025 | 72 | 23.03 | 0.55 | 40,946 | 60.93 | 0.82 | 516,162 | 76.32 | 1.03 |
| 2024 | 61 | 19.49 | 0.47 | 42,067 | 63.20 | 0.84 | 539,253 | 80.45 | 1.07 |
| 2023 | 52 | 16.51 | 0.51 | 46,633 | 70.58 | 0.89 | 598,904 | 90.62 | 1.15 |
| 2022 | 72 | 23.03 | 0.54 | 42,912 | 65.58 | 0.85 | 564,120 | 86.38 | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 84 | 27.32 | 0.73 | 36,327 | 55.98 | 0.82 | 463,870 | 71.46 | 1.04 |
| 2020 | 93 | 30.16 | 0.82 | 41,573 | 64.37 | 0.87 | 450,576 | 69.72 | 0.94 |
| 2019 | 97 | 30.93 | 0.74 | 42,331 | 65.80 | 0.86 | 460,715 | 71.52 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 82 | 26.33 | 0.70 | 40,536 | 63.33 | 0.89 | 430,050 | 67.10 | 0.94 |
| 2017 | 74 | 23.71 | 0.74 | 39,864 | 62.73 | 0.98 | 395,755 | 62.08 | 0.97 |
| 2016 | 24 | 7.67 | 0.75 | 11,398 | 17.99 | 0.94 | 117,881 | 18.57 | 0.97 |
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Malvern Wells Compared to Nearby Villages
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Village | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebworth | 83 | 54.15 | 123% more dangerous |
| Whittington | 152 | 57.68 | 138% more dangerous |
| Romsley | 95 | 50.94 | 110% more dangerous |
| West Malvern | 58 | 46.36 | 91% more dangerous |
| Cookhill | 29 | 22.56 | 7% safer |
| Elmley Lovett | 18 | 21.86 | 10% safer |
| Kidderminster Foreign | 32 | 28.34 | 17% more dangerous |
| Sedgeberrow | 23 | 25.84 | 7% more dangerous |
| Ripple | 46 | 29.25 | 21% more dangerous |
| Drakes Broughton and Wadborough | 110 | 43.88 | 81% more dangerous |
| Hartlebury | 193 | 57.06 | 135% more dangerous |
| Hanley Castle | 72 | 40.08 | 65% more dangerous |
| Salwarpe | 94 | 45.35 | 87% more dangerous |
| Belbroughton | 139 | 46.59 | 92% more dangerous |
| Churchill and Blakedown | 91 | 44.74 | 84% more dangerous |
| Offenham | 58 | 31.72 | 31% more dangerous |
| Feckenham | 22 | 22.08 | 9% safer |
| Welland | 58 | 34.24 | 41% more dangerous |
| Wolverley and Cookley | 348 | 56.77 | 134% more dangerous |
| Rock | 109 | 38.43 | 58% more dangerous |
| Fladbury | 21 | 21.00 | 13% safer |
| Childswickham | 8 | 10.23 | 58% safer |
| Tenbury | 159 | 45.12 | 86% more dangerous |
| Catshill and North Marlbrook | 378 | 53.02 | 119% more dangerous |
| Inkberrow | 68 | 26.21 | 8% more dangerous |
| Kempsey | 232 | 43.64 | 80% more dangerous |
| Alvechurch | 324 | 49.60 | 104% more dangerous |
| Ombersley | 87 | 30.94 | 28% more dangerous |
| Leigh | 48 | 25.27 | 4.2% more dangerous |
| Lickey and Blackwell | 173 | 39.27 | 62% more dangerous |
| Broadheath | 64 | 22.81 | 6% safer |
| Cofton Hackett | 97 | 29.03 | 20% more dangerous |
| St. Peter the Great County | 215 | 40.63 | 67% more dangerous |
| Badsey | 85 | 28.64 | 18% more dangerous |
| Bredon | 63 | 22.64 | 7% safer |
| Malvern Wells | 76 | 24.26 | - |
| Broadway | 125 | 31.58 | 30% more dangerous |
| North Claines | 135 | 28.81 | 19% more dangerous |
| Hagley | 203 | 25.71 | 6% more dangerous |
Comparing Malvern Wells to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Malvern Wells | 24.26 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 228% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 241% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 247% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 303% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 331% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 333% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 339% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 341% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 344% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 415% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Malvern Wells's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Malvern Wells that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Malvern Common | 18 | - | 1 | - | 23 | 31 |
| St Peter's Church Yard | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
Recent Crimes in Malvern Wells
The 20 most recent crime reports in Malvern Wells.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
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| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Claremont Court | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Gordon Terrace | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Holywell Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Grundy'S Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Woodfarm Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Woodfarm Road | |
| March 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near The Moorlands | |
| March 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near The Moorlands | |
| March 2026 | Burglary | On or near Hanley Road | |
| March 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Woodfarm Road | |
| March 2026 | Other crime | On or near Rothwell Road | |
| March 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Juniper Way | |
| March 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Wells Road | |
| March 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Kings Road | |
| February 2026 | Burglary | On or near Benbow Close | |
| February 2026 | Burglary | On or near Benbow Close | |
| February 2026 | Burglary | On or near Richmonds Pitch | |
| February 2026 | Burglary | On or near Kings Road | |
| February 2026 | Public order | On or near Hanley Road | |
| February 2026 | Public order | On or near Mulberry Drive |
Methodology & Data Sources
Malvern Wells Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Malvern Wells during August 2026 will typically become available in October 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Malvern Wells Data Points
For Malvern Wells, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04010326.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Malvern Wells's daytime - or "workday" - population of 2,401 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Malvern Wells