Total Crime Rate

198.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 198.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 70.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Barton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Greyfriars , and the 36th 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 Barton Road (HR4 0AU) in the last 12 months was 198.4 per 1,000 residents and was 138.4% higher than the Greyfriars average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barton Road (HR4 0AU), the main crime hotspot is near Grimmer Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pomona Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melrose Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melrose Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melrose Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pomona Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pomona Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pomona Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pomona Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimmer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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