Total Crime Rate

112.7 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 112.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Ridgemoor Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Leominster East , and the 78th 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 Ridgemoor Road (HR6 8UN) in the last 12 months was 112.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower than the Leominster East average (162.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgemoor Road (HR6 8UN), 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 Ridgemoor Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting North Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheaton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cheaton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cheaton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cheaton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlemarsh Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Middlemarsh Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridgemoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middlemarsh —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merwald Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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