HR1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hereford and Eign Hill, in Herefordshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an HR1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HR1, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HR1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HR1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HR1 at a rate of 74.0 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 268 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HR1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,095), other crime (450) and anti-social behaviour (320).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HR1 was 73.6 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in HR1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HR1 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HR1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire 004D | 1,516 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 42.4% |
| Herefordshire 008A | 2,327 | 23.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.1% |
| Herefordshire 008B | 1,971 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| Herefordshire 008C | 1,479 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.0% |
| Herefordshire 008D | 1,805 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Herefordshire 011A | 1,594 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| Herefordshire 011B | 1,815 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.1% |
| Herefordshire 011D | 1,397 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.6% |
| Herefordshire 011F | 1,525 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| Herefordshire 012A | 1,627 | 104.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Herefordshire 012B | 1,546 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Herefordshire 012C | 1,832 | 776.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.2% |
| Herefordshire 012D | 1,475 | 213.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Herefordshire 012F | 1,811 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Herefordshire 014A | 1,460 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Herefordshire 014B | 1,525 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Herefordshire 014C | 1,372 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Herefordshire 014D | 1,441 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Herefordshire 018A | 2,100 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 55.4% |
| Herefordshire 018B | 1,329 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.1% |
| Herefordshire 018D | 1,323 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.5% |
MPs for HR1
- Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyMP for North Herefordshire53% of HR1’s postcodes
- Jesse NormanConservativeMP for Hereford and South Herefordshire47% of HR1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in HR15
Postcode sectors in HR15
Council1
Towns in HR11
Postcode districts next to HR17
More in the HR postcode area2
HR1 in brief
HR1 is a postcode district covering Hereford and Eign Hill, in Herefordshire.
About 34,063 people lived in HR1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 461 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HR1 was £310,000 in 2025.
HR1 had 33,283 usual residents at the census.
In HR1, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HR1, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.