Crime Statistics for Portway, Grafton, South of Hereford, Herefordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Portway in August 2024. There was only 1 incident. See where that was on the map below.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Portway, 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	1
All Crime	1

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 Portway. 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 Portway

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Red Hill (1.96 miles)	296
Grafton (1.24 miles)	45
Bullinghope (1.75 miles)	38
Green Crize (1.75 miles)	38
Goose Pool (1.96 miles)	5
Cobhall Common (2.48 miles)	4
Allensmore (1.86 miles)	2
Twyford Common (1.24 miles)	1
Portway	1
Callow (0.62 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Portway?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Red Hill	232
Grafton	19
Bullinghope	10
Green Crize	10
Twyford Common	1
Portway	1
Callow	1
Goose Pool	0
Cobhall Common	0
Allensmore	0

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

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 Portway 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 Portway compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Portway and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Portway have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is .

#	Ward	Score
1	Newton Farm	66
2	Hinton & Hunderton	63
3	Central	61
4	Saxon Gate	49
5	Greyfriars	46
6	Widemarsh	42
7	Whitecross	34
8	Belmont Rural	29
9	Stoney Street	13
10	Dinedor Hill	9

Which road in Portway has the highest level of crime?

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