Total Crime Rate

130.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 24.4 7/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Porters Mill Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leominster East , and the 62nd 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 Porters Mill Close (HR6 8BL) in the last 12 months was 130.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% lower than the Leominster East average (162.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Porters Mill Close (HR6 8BL), the main crime hotspot is near Cheaton Close. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Porters Mill Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheaton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cheaton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlemarsh Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Middlemarsh Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middlemarsh
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cheaton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broad Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vicarage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cheaton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridgemoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porters Mill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lugg Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Priory

Data Sources

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