HR6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leominster and Newlands, 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 HR6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HR6, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HR6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HR6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HR6 at a rate of 67.1 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 124 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HR6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (580), other crime (279) and anti-social behaviour (213).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HR6 was 79.4 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 HR6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HR6 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HR6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire 002A | 1,491 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.3% |
| Herefordshire 002B | 1,602 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.4% |
| Herefordshire 002C | 1,035 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |
| Herefordshire 002D | 1,539 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| Herefordshire 003A | 1,637 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.8% |
| Herefordshire 003B | 1,549 | 87.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| Herefordshire 003C | 1,452 | 124.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| Herefordshire 003D | 1,650 | 246.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.1% |
| Herefordshire 004A | 1,590 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.9% |
| Herefordshire 004C | 1,283 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.9% |
| Herefordshire 004E | 1,695 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.6% |
| Herefordshire 004F | 1,277 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.6% |
Your MP
- Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyMP for North Herefordshire
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 HR63
Postcode sectors in HR64
Council1
Towns in HR61
Postcode districts next to HR69
Nearest rail stations1
More in the HR postcode area2
HR6 in brief
HR6 is a postcode district covering Leominster and Newlands, in Herefordshire.
About 21,124 people lived in HR6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 295 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HR6 was £275,000 in 2025.
HR6 had 21,189 usual residents at the census.
In HR6, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HR6, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.