Total Crime Rate
20.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kernal Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Greyfriars , and the 153rd 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 Kernal Road (HR4 0PR) in the last 12 months was 20.4 per 1,000 residents and was 73.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 10.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kernal Road (HR4 0PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Railway Mews, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grimmer Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Melrose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pomona Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxwhelp Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxwhelp Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxwhelp Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxwhelp Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Railway Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Railway Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxwhelp Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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