Total Crime Rate
229.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
130.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belmont Road area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Belmont Rural , and the 24th 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 Belmont Road (HR2 7JR) in the last 12 months was 229.7 per 1,000 residents and was 393.1% higher than the Belmont Rural average (46.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 130.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belmont Road (HR2 7JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Belmont Court, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hunderton Avenue (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hereford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmont Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Home Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Home Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Springfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmont Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poole Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Poole Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Poole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Poole Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Primrose Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryhill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmont Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Belmont Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pembridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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