Crime in Tenbury Wells
Recorded crime in Tenbury Wells is about the Malvern Hills average and 0.6 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 9%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Tenbury Wells: about 3,863 residents in 3 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 7/10Low crime
- Living
- 4.7/10Fair
- 5-year change
- +9%more crimes
- vs the council
- 1.0×the Malvern Hills average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Tenbury Wells.
Crime over 5 years
Up 9% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Tenbury Wells, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: about the Malvern Hills average (0.6× the England and Wales average). 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 71% of the harm here
- Burglary: 16% of the harm here
- Other theft: 4% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 71% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 14 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Malvern Hills (the whole partnership area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Malvern Hills partnership area, not only Tenbury Wells. Figures for the South Worcester community safety partnership, which covers Malvern Hills, Worcester and Wychavon. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 349 | 1.1 | Down 18% |
| Cars broken into | 400 | 1.2 | Down 36% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 1,337 | 4.1 | Up 2% |
| Burglary of homes | 534 | 1.6 | Up 17% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 5 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in WR15
In WR15, the postcode district at the centre of Tenbury Wells, 10% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 140 | 3% | 2% | 83% | 6% | 6% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 50 | 32% | 2% | 46% | 20% | 0% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 6% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Malvern Hills, 2023 to 2025: 108 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 37 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 12 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.3 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 34% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.1 |
| Burglary | 3.2 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 22.0 |
| Drugs | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.3 |
| Other crime | 1.3 |
| Other theft | 3.5 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.3 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 2.2 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 4.6 |
| Public order | 2.9 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.1 |
| Shoplifting | 2.0 |
Postcode districts in Tenbury Wells
Nearby towns
Council: Malvern Hills
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Questions about crime in Tenbury Wells
- Is Tenbury Wells a safe place to live?
- Tenbury Wells scores 7 out of 10 for safety (low crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is about the Malvern Hills average.
- Is crime going up or down in Tenbury Wells?
- Up 9% over 5 years, from 173 recorded crimes a year to 189.
- What is the most common crime in Tenbury Wells?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 22 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Tenbury Wells compare with Malvern Hills?
- Crime severity in Tenbury Wells is about the Malvern Hills average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Tenbury Wells?
- In WR15, the postcode district at the centre of Tenbury Wells, 10% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 24% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Tenbury Wells?
- In 2025/26, in the South Worcester partnership area, which includes Tenbury Wells, the police recorded 349 cars stolen (April 2025 to March 2026), 1.1 per 1,000 residents, down 18% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Tenbury Wells?
- 1,337 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in the South Worcester partnership area, which includes Tenbury Wells, 4.1 per 1,000 residents, 0.9 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Tenbury Wells last year?
- 5 homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in the South Worcester partnership area, which includes Tenbury Wells, against 1 the year before. Police data does not say where in the area they happened.