Crime Statistics for Bartonsham, Hereford, Herefordshire, 2024

There were a total of 314 street level crime incidents in Bartonsham 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 Bartonsham, 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	126
Anti Social Behaviour	70
Shoplifting	31
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Other Theft	17
Public Order	17
Drugs	16
Burglary	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	314

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 Bartonsham. 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 Bartonsham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hereford (0.62 miles)	329
Bartonsham	314
Aylestone Hill (0.88 miles)	262
Blackmarstone (0.62 miles)	259
Red Hill (0.88 miles)	121
Broomy Hill (1.24 miles)	110
Lower Bullingham (0.88 miles)	48
Hampton Park (1.24 miles)	46
Bullinghope (1.24 miles)	32
Green Crize (1.24 miles)	32

Where are the most violent places near Bartonsham?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bartonsham 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
Red Hill	60
Broomy Hill	54
Lower Bullingham	19
Hampton Park	17
Bullinghope	16
Green Crize	16

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

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 Bartonsham 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 Bartonsham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bartonsham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bartonsham is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Newton Farm	66
2	Hinton & Hunderton	63
3	Central	61
4	Saxon Gate	49
5	Greyfriars	46
6	Widemarsh	42
7	College	30
8	Belmont Rural	29
9	Aylestone Hill	25
10	Eign Hill	19

Which road in Bartonsham has the highest level of crime?

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