Total Crime Rate

105.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 40.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 32.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Porters Mill Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leominster East , and the 81st 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 105.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% lower than the Leominster East average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Porters Mill Close (HR6 8BL), the main crime hotspot is near Middlemarsh. 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Marsh Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheaton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ridgemoor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlemarsh Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Middlemarsh Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lugg Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lugg Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlemarsh Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlemarsh Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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