Total Crime Rate

8.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

4.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 8.4 1/10
  • Violent crimes 4.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Watling Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Ross East , and the 41st lowest crime rate of 626 local areas in Herefordshire, County of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watling Street (HR9 5UF) in the last 12 months was 8.4 per 1,000 residents and was 91.0% lower than the Ross East average (93.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Street (HR9 5UF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Purland, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lincoln Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Watling Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Purland Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Purland Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conde Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Three Choirs Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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