Total Crime Rate
45.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newmans Close area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leominster East , and the 254th highest 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 Newmans Close (HR6 8PT) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newmans Close (HR6 8PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wigmore Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leominster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gateway Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ryelands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigmore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mortimer Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4361 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sand Pits | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
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