Total Crime Rate

208.7 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 208.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Bedford Street area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Greyfriars , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 626 local areas in Herefordshire, County of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bedford Street (HR4 0DR) in the last 12 months was 208.7 per 1,000 residents and was 150.7% higher than the Greyfriars average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 240.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedford Street (HR4 0DR), 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 Bedford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bruce Thomas Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pomona Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimmer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Grimmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson 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 2025Other crime Pomona Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pomona Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pomona Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pomona Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bruce Thomas Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bruce Thomas Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baysham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harrow Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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