Total Crime Rate
125.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cradley Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Belmont Rural , and the 68th 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 Cradley Close (HR2 7TE) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 169.5% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cradley Close (HR2 7TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pixley Walk, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherborne Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | George Bew Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treago Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilpeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilpeck Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunoon Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Close | Under investigation |
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