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Crime in HR8 2

How much crime is recorded in HR8 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Herefordshire
Region
West Midlands
Population
19,557 (2024)
Crime

How safe is HR8 2

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in HR8 2, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
17.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

HR8 2National
Violence and sexual offences12.523.6
Burglary8.59.1
Anti-social behaviour4.910.7
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Public order2.44.6
Other theft2.24.5
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Shoplifting1.58.4
Other crime0.91.5
Drugs0.72.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Robbery0.31.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 14% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates use each neighbourhood's latest twelve published months, which end between January 2026 and August 2026 because police forces publish on different schedules.

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