Total Crime Rate
528.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
352.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Central Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 5th 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 Central Avenue (HR1 2JT) in the last 12 months was 528.2 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% higher 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 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 352.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Central Avenue (HR1 2JT), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 86 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hereford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrews Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenfell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Owen Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartonsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Owen Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daw'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mansbridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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