Crime Statistics for Holmer, Hereford, Herefordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Holmer, Hereford

There were a total of 89 street level crime incidents in Holmer in January 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime38
Anti Social Behaviour13
Criminal Damage Arson9
Shoplifting6
Burglary4
Bicycle Theft4
Other Theft4
Other Crime3
Vehicle Crime3
Drugs3
Possession Of Weapons1
Public Order1
All Crime89

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Hereford (1.39 miles)346
Bartonsham (1.96 miles)332
Aylestone Hill (1.75 miles)304
Blackmarstone (1.86 miles)267
Broomy Hill (1.96 miles)109
Holmer89
Moor Park (1.39 miles)81
Shelwick (1.39 miles)11
Shelwick Green (1.39 miles)11
Moreton-on-Lugg (1.86 miles)4

10.08%
of Kings Acre residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Bartonsham135
Hereford129
Blackmarstone112
Aylestone Hill110
Broomy Hill63
Holmer38
Moor Park37
Shelwick2
Shelwick Green2
Moreton-on-Lugg2

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.

#WardScore
1Hinton & Hunderton63
2Greyfriars46
3Widemarsh42
4Whitecross34
5College30
6Aylestone Hill25
7Holmer21
8Kings Acre21
9Bobblestock14
10Queenswood8

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 this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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