Total Crime Rate
31.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kings Crescent area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 266th lowest crime rate of 626 local areas in Herefordshire, County of .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Crescent (HR1 1GY) in the last 12 months was 31.4 per 1,000 residents and was 93.0% lower than the Central average (447.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Crescent (HR1 1GY), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mortimer Trading Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Frederick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newtown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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