Total Crime Rate
213.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
128.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ledbury Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 27th highest crime rate of 626 local areas in Herefordshire, County of .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ledbury Road (HR1 2SX) in the last 12 months was 213.2 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 128.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ledbury Road (HR1 2SX), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mansbridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartonsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | St Owen Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Owen Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daw'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenfell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrews Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Street | Under investigation |
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