Compare

Bromyard & Bishop's Frome

Middle area

East Herefordshire. 10,961 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 213 square kilometres.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 96% of people in Bromyard & Bishop's Frome live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£307,500
Joint 3,370th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
10,681
734th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
96%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
79.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Bromyard & Bishop's Frome

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bromyard & Bishop's Frome at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Herefordshire.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences268
Other crime144
Anti-social behaviour101
Criminal damage and arson71
Burglary56
Shoplifting31
Vehicle crime21
Drug offences7
Robbery3
Theft from the person1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Bromyard & Bishop's Frome compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Bromyard & Bishop's FromeMiddle
Median sale price23 middle areas, Herefordshire · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Herefordshire23 areas from £205,000 to £490,000. The middle area is £307,500. Bromyard & Bishop's Frome is £307,500.
£307,50012th most expensive
Population23 middle areas, Herefordshire · 2021
Population: every middle area in Herefordshire23 areas from 5,665 to 11,761. The middle area is 7,862. Bromyard & Bishop's Frome is 10,681.
10,6814th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares23 middle areas, Herefordshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Herefordshire23 areas from 66.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Bromyard & Bishop's Frome is 96.0%.
96%8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage23 middle areas, Herefordshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Herefordshire23 areas from 35.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 88.1%. Bromyard & Bishop's Frome is 79.9%.
79.9%10th lowest

Is Bromyard & Bishop's Frome safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bromyard & Bishop's Frome at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Herefordshire.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 52 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bromyard & Bishop's Frome.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (268), other crime (144) and anti-social behaviour (101).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Herefordshire

These figures are published for the whole of Herefordshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Herefordshire and not Bromyard & Bishop's Frome alone. See Herefordshire

Average house price
£291,495
Up 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,730
50th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.4×
Joint 111th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.8
145th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bromyard & Bishop's Frome in brief

The median price paid for a home in Bromyard & Bishop's Frome was £307,500 in 2025.

Bromyard & Bishop's Frome had 10,681 usual residents at the census.

About 96% of people in Bromyard & Bishop's Frome live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bromyard & Bishop's Frome, 79.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.