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Crime · Hereford
Reported crime in Hereford
5,357 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 98 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
5,357
Rate / 1,000
98
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,161 | 40% |
| Anti social behaviour | 771 | 14% |
| Shoplifting | 656 | 12% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 446 | 8% |
| Public order | 343 | 6% |
| Other theft | 282 | 5% |
| Drugs | 199 | 4% |
| Other crime | 111 | 2% |
| Burglary | 100 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 94 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 71 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 62 | 1% |
| Robbery | 37 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 24 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 203 | 206 | 157 | 159 | 198 | 177 | 166 | 149 | 178 | 175 | 199 | 194 | 2161 |
| Anti social behaviour | 89 | 91 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 61 | 77 | 61 | 77 | 100 | 771 | ||
| Shoplifting | 76 | 61 | 46 | 62 | 47 | 52 | 52 | 47 | 61 | 47 | 53 | 52 | 656 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 43 | 40 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 53 | 24 | 35 | 27 | 35 | 43 | 50 | 446 |
| Public order | 37 | 24 | 32 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 343 |
| Other theft | 21 | 28 | 21 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 37 | 18 | 282 |
| Drugs | 24 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 199 |
| Other crime | 12 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 111 |
| Burglary | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 100 |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 94 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 71 |
| Possession of weapons | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 62 |
| Robbery | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 37 |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Total | 540 | 510 | 421 | 455 | 456 | 442 | 410 | 378 | 455 | 366 | 414 | 510 | 5357 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Hereford, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 54,919.