Crime and Safety in Wythall
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Wythall is the second safest small town in Worcestershire, and is the 64th most dangerous overall out of Worcestershire's 195 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Wythall in 2026 is 43 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Worcestershire's overall crime rate, coming in 29% lower than the Worcestershire rate of 61 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Wythall is the 223rd safest small town, and the 4,128th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In April 2025, Wythall had the worst crime rate in Worcestershire for theft from the person, with 1 crime reported and a crime rate of 0.06 per 1,000 daytime population. July 2022 was also a bad month for Wythall residents, when it was Worcestershire's most dangerous area for robbery, recording 6 crimes at a rate of 0.38 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Wythall are violence and sexual offences, with 251 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 16. This is 4.1% higher than 2025's figure of 241 offences and a difference of 0.63 from 2025's crime rate of 15. Wythall's least common crime is theft from the person, with 0 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 0% from 2025's figure of 2 crimes.
Wythall 2026 Crime Scorecard
Second Safest
Small Towns, Worcestershire
42% lower, regional crime rate
West Midlands
40% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Wythall is 42% lower than the West Midlands and 40% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Wythall Crime Rate Over Time
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Wythall Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Wythall 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 Wythall's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Wythall up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Wythall's 318 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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Looking into a specific address in Wythall? CrimeRate Insights reports convert raw numbers into practical insight for any location, from single addresses and postcodes, up to major towns and cities.
Crime rates don’t happen by themselves; they follow people and patterns. Where crowds gather - near pubs and late-night venues, around the station, by supermarkets and forecourts - incidents naturally concentrate.
That doesn’t mean an area is "bad"; it usually means footfall is higher.
Your report explores these factors in a calm, non-judgemental way, putting the numbers in context and helping you spot what’s typical for places like this.
Crime Risk Scores
Wythall • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Wythall has a crime risk score of 381. This is based on analysis of 318 nearby areas within Wythall, 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 Wythall's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Wythall, crime risk scores are typically around 381, while in Worcestershire they are average 495.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 471 (481 for Worcestershire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 562 (Worcestershire 485).
Trends in Crime Risk
Wythall
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.
No trend could be found in Wythall's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Wythall's crime risk score is down by 18%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Over the last year, Wythall's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 3.5%, 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
Wythall
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Wythall • 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.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 8.48 reports per 1,000 people in Wythall, which is 1.19 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 135 crime reports logged by West Mercia Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, West Mercia Police recorded 65 reports of Vehicle Crime in Wythall, resulting in a crime rate of 4.07 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.03.
The crime rate for Burglary is 0.94 times the national average at 2.94 reports per 1,000. This is from 47 crime reports reported to West Mercia Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Wythall
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.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.58 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.38 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 53% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.60 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 2.11 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 72% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.39 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.43 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 9% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Wythall
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.97 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.57 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 25% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Wythall • 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 | 86 | 5.40 | 0.42 | 7,514 | 11.10 | 0.86 | 59,827 | 8.79 | 0.62 |
| Bicycle Theft | 2 | 0.12 | 0.86 | 338 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 3,572 | 0.53 | 0.73 |
| Burglary | 47 | 2.94 | 0.94 | 2,341 | 3.45 | 1.10 | 24,188 | 3.54 | 1.13 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 55 | 3.46 | 0.55 | 3,783 | 5.59 | 0.89 | 43,744 | 6.42 | 1.02 |
| Drugs | 17 | 1.08 | 0.52 | 1,069 | 1.57 | 0.51 | 16,314 | 2.38 | 0.77 |
| Other Crime | 15 | 0.93 | 0.76 | 1,107 | 1.63 | 0.88 | 12,162 | 1.79 | 0.97 |
| Other Theft | 62 | 3.88 | 0.75 | 3,149 | 4.65 | 0.82 | 34,029 | 5.00 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | 2 | 0.12 | 0.86 | 550 | 0.82 | 0.96 | 9,710 | 1.44 | 1.69 |
| Public Order | 31 | 1.96 | 0.37 | 3,177 | 4.70 | 0.81 | 36,155 | 5.32 | 0.92 |
| Robbery | 12 | 0.74 | 0.84 | 560 | 0.83 | 0.70 | 9,171 | 1.35 | 1.14 |
| Shoplifting | 135 | 8.48 | 1.19 | 4,707 | 6.94 | 0.97 | 51,348 | 7.55 | 1.06 |
| Theft From the Person | - | - | - | 165 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 3,487 | 0.49 | 0.32 |
| Vehicle Crime | 65 | 4.07 | 1.03 | 2,056 | 3.04 | 0.71 | 38,628 | 5.68 | 1.32 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 251 | 15.71 | 0.52 | 18,520 | 27.35 | 0.90 | 231,901 | 34.05 | 1.12 |
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Total Crime by Year
Wythall | Worcestershire | West Midlands | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 694 | 43.49 | 0.66 | 41,522 | 61.31 | 0.85 | 514,409 | 75.54 | 1.05 |
| 2025 | 617 | 38.76 | 0.57 | 40,946 | 60.93 | 0.82 | 516,162 | 76.32 | 1.03 |
| 2024 | 573 | 35.96 | 0.52 | 42,067 | 63.20 | 0.84 | 539,253 | 80.45 | 1.07 |
| 2023 | 800 | 50.58 | 0.68 | 46,633 | 70.58 | 0.89 | 598,904 | 90.62 | 1.15 |
| 2022 | 659 | 42.03 | 0.58 | 42,912 | 65.58 | 0.85 | 564,120 | 86.38 | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 612 | 39.26 | 0.61 | 36,327 | 55.98 | 0.82 | 463,870 | 71.46 | 1.04 |
| 2020 | 567 | 36.58 | 0.55 | 41,573 | 64.37 | 0.87 | 450,576 | 69.72 | 0.94 |
| 2019 | 689 | 44.95 | 0.64 | 42,331 | 65.80 | 0.86 | 460,715 | 71.52 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 634 | 41.62 | 0.65 | 40,536 | 63.33 | 0.89 | 430,050 | 67.10 | 0.94 |
| 2017 | 567 | 37.42 | 0.65 | 39,864 | 62.73 | 0.98 | 395,755 | 62.08 | 0.97 |
| 2016 | 191 | 12.64 | 0.72 | 11,398 | 17.99 | 0.94 | 117,881 | 18.57 | 0.97 |
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Wythall Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pershore | 704 | 73.60 | 69% more dangerous |
| Droitwich Spa | 1,683 | 62.66 | 44% more dangerous |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 1,413 | 58.55 | 35% more dangerous |
| Bewdley | 459 | 46.64 | 7% more dangerous |
| Wythall | 694 | 43.49 | - |
| Warndon | 465 | 36.75 | 15% safer |
Comparing Wythall to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Wythall | 43.49 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 83% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 90% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 93% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 125% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 141% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 142% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 145% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 146% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 148% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 187% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Wythall's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Wythall 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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| Daisy Farm Park | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 50 |
| Beaudesert Nature Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 10 |
| West Heath United Football Ground | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| Wythall Park | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
Recent Crimes in Wythall
The 20 most recent crime reports in Wythall.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
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| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Silver Street | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Goodrest Lane | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near The Spinney | |
| April 2026 | Possession of weapons | On or near Goodrest Lane | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Shawhurst Lane | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Pearmans Croft | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Shawfield | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Silver Street | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Drakes Cross Parade | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Forest Way | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Silver Birch Drive | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Rosebriars | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Dark Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shopping Area | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Sports/Recreation Area | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near The Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Thornham Way | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near The Spinney | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shawhurst Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Morrey Close |
Methodology & Data Sources
Wythall 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 Wythall during June 2026 will typically become available in August 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.
Wythall Data Points
For Wythall, 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 E04010276.
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 Wythall's daytime - or "workday" - population of 10,104 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 Wythall