Total Crime Rate
262.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Gardens area has the 7th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 19th highest crime rate of 626 local areas in Herefordshire, County of .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Regent Gardens (HR1 1EZ) in the last 12 months was 262.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% lower than the Central average (447.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 115.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Gardens (HR1 1EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regent Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hereford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B4359 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newtown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huskinsons Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B4359 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B4359 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B4359 | Under investigation |
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