Crime Statistics for Holmer, Hereford, Herefordshire, 2024

There were a total of 99 street level crime incidents in Holmer in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Holmer, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	45
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Shoplifting	7
Burglary	7
Other Theft	5
Drugs	4
Public Order	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	99

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Holmer. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Holmer

We've taken the ten nearest places to Holmer and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Holmer has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Hereford (1.39 miles)	329
Bartonsham (1.96 miles)	314
Aylestone Hill (1.75 miles)	262
Blackmarstone (1.86 miles)	259
Broomy Hill (1.96 miles)	110
Holmer	99
Moor Park (1.39 miles)	81
Shelwick (1.39 miles)	11
Shelwick Green (1.39 miles)	11
Moreton-on-Lugg (1.86 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Holmer?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Holmer and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Hereford	131
Bartonsham	126
Blackmarstone	108
Aylestone Hill	99
Broomy Hill	54
Holmer	45
Moor Park	37
Shelwick	2
Shelwick Green	2
Moreton-on-Lugg	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Holmer?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Holmer to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Holmer compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Holmer and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Holmer is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hinton & Hunderton	63
2	Greyfriars	46
3	Widemarsh	42
4	Whitecross	34
5	College	30
6	Aylestone Hill	25
7	Holmer	21
8	Kings Acre	21
9	Bobblestock	14
10	Queenswood	8

Which road in Holmer has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Holmer with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Hillary Drive.