Total Crime Rate
107.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cotterell Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Greyfriars , and the 77th 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 Cotterell Street (HR4 0HH) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotterell Street (HR4 0HH), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Baggallay Street | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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