Total Crime Rate
98.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheaton Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leominster East , and the 89th 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 Cheaton Close (HR6 8EW) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.4% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheaton Close (HR6 8EW), 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.
View Crime In Leominster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Marsh | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlemarsh | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlemarsh | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlemarsh | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Middlemarsh | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheaton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgemoor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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