Total Crime Rate

41.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 41.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Ploughman area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Hinton & Hunderton , and the 274th highest crime rate of 626 local areas in Herefordshire, County of .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Ploughman (HR2 6GG) in the last 12 months was 41.7 per 1,000 residents and was 66.7% lower than the Hinton & Hunderton average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Ploughman (HR2 6GG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ramsay Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laycock Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Ploughman area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Longmeadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoarwithy Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ramsay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Staddlestone Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Staddlestone Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stable Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laycock Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longmeadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Homestead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aconbury Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laycock Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laycock Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laycock Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cider Press Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Laycock Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laycock Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs The Hawthorns Under investigation

Data Sources

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