Crime Statistics for Broomy Hill, Hereford, Herefordshire, 2024

There were a total of 110 street level crime incidents in Broomy Hill 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 Broomy Hill, 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	54
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Shoplifting	7
Public Order	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Burglary	4
Other Theft	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	110

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 Broomy Hill. 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 Broomy Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hereford (1.39 miles)	329
Bartonsham (1.24 miles)	314
Blackmarstone (0.62 miles)	259
Red Hill (0.88 miles)	121
Broomy Hill	110
Moor Park (0.62 miles)	89
Grafton (1.24 miles)	42
Green Crize (1.75 miles)	32
Warham (0.62 miles)	17
Lower Breinton (1.24 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Broomy Hill?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Broomy Hill 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
Red Hill	60
Broomy Hill	54
Moor Park	46
Grafton	18
Green Crize	16
Warham	5
Lower Breinton	1

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

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 Broomy Hill 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 Broomy Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broomy Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Broomy Hill is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Newton Farm	66
2	Hinton & Hunderton	63
3	Saxon Gate	49
4	Greyfriars	46
5	Widemarsh	42
6	Whitecross	34
7	Belmont Rural	29
8	Kings Acre	21
9	Bobblestock	14
10	Stoney Street	13

Which road in Broomy Hill has the highest level of crime?

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