Total Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willow Grove area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Hinton & Hunderton , and the 273rd highest 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 Willow Grove (HR2 6BB) in the last 12 months was 42.4 per 1,000 residents and was 66.8% lower than the Hinton & Hunderton average (127.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 12.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Grove (HR2 6BB), the main crime hotspot is near Longmeadow. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 15 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmeadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Mountbatten Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmeadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmeadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmeadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmeadow | Under investigation |
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