Crime Statistics for Saffron’s Cross, Saffron’s Cross, Herefordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Saffron’s Cross in August 2024. There were a total of 4 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Saffron’s Cross, 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 Crime2
Other Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime4

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Saffron’s Cross. 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 Saffron’s Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Pool Head (0.88 miles)4
Saffron’s Cross4
Bodenham (0.62 miles)4
Bowley (0.62 miles)4
Bodenham Moor (0.62 miles)3
Litmarsh (1.75 miles)1
Amberley (2.48 miles)1
Monmarsh (1.75 miles)1
Tumpy Lakes (2.48 miles)0
Cornett (2.24 miles)0

5.59%
of Hampton (Herefordshire) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Saffron’s Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Pool Head2
Saffron’s Cross2
Bodenham2
Bowley2
Bodenham Moor2
Litmarsh0
Amberley0
Monmarsh0
Tumpy Lakes0
Cornett0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Saffron’s Cross?

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 Saffron’s Cross 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 Saffron’s Cross compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Leominster East63
2Leominster South51
3Leominster North & Rural38
4Leominster West38
5Three Crosses24
6Bishops Frome & Cradley22
7Holmer21
8Hagley10
9Queenswood8
10Hampton7
11Sutton Walls4

Which road in Saffron’s Cross has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Saffron’s Cross with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: August 2024
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