Total Crime Rate
11.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornewall Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Greyfriars , and the 61st lowest crime rate of 626 local areas in Herefordshire, County of .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cornewall Street (HR4 0HE) in the last 12 months was 11.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.8% lower than the Greyfriars average (77.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornewall Street (HR4 0HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitecross Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baggallay Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hereford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meyrick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Thomas Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Whitecross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggallay Street | Under investigation |
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