Total Crime Rate

208.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 208.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.4 9/10
  • Other theft 33.0 10/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Gatehouse Road area has the highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Birch , and the 32nd 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 Gatehouse Road (HR2 6RQ) in the last 12 months was 208.8 per 1,000 residents and was 847.3% higher than the Birch average (22.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gatehouse Road (HR2 6RQ), the main crime hotspot is near Coldnose Road. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gatehouse Road area

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Data Sources

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