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Crime in WR13

How much crime is recorded in WR13, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Herefordshire
Region
West Midlands
Population
35,121 (2024)
Crime

How safe is WR13

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in WR13, 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
19.2
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

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

WR13National
Violence and sexual offences14.923.6
Burglary9.59.1
Anti-social behaviour3.910.7
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Other theft2.04.5
Shoplifting1.98.4
Public order1.94.6
Other crime1.21.5
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Robbery0.21.4
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 8% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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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