Total Crime Rate

104.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Drugs 16.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cradley Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Belmont Rural , and the 88th 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 104.6 per 1,000 residents and was 131.3% higher than the Belmont Rural average (45.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cradley Close (HR2 7TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kilpeck Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherborne Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cradley Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sherborne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Bew Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eric Brown Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosmont Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunoon Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunoon Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunoon Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunoon Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pixley Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oban Way

Data Sources

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