# Hereford

Town in Herefordshire, West Midlands.

Hereford is a town in Herefordshire, West Midlands. Median sale price £260,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 93.7 per 1,000 people. About 61,232 people.

Town. Code E63003830. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire)

Hereford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hereford add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £260,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hereford was £260,000 in 2025. Joint 512th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hereford#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 60,471** (2021). Hereford had 60,471 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 178th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hereford#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in Hereford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hereford#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.4%** (January 2026). In Hereford, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hereford#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003830) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 97% of people in Hereford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003830) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 921 homes were sold in Hereford in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003830) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Hereford.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003830) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Hereford had 60,471 usual residents at the census.

## How Hereford compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Hereford | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £260,000 | joint 33rd most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 60,471 | 21st most populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 97% | joint 16th most people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.4% | joint 43rd highest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Hereford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hereford at a rate of 93.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 624 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hereford.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,347), other crime (972) and anti-social behaviour (780).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hereford was 93.4 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 Hereford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hereford has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Hereford

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Herefordshire 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014083) | 1,566 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| [Herefordshire 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014084) | 1,577 | 173.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| [Herefordshire 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014085) | 1,638 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| [Herefordshire 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014087) | 1,416 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Herefordshire 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014088) | 1,342 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Herefordshire 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014089) | 1,397 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Herefordshire 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013987) | 1,594 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| [Herefordshire 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013988) | 1,815 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.1% |
| [Herefordshire 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014095) | 1,397 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.6% |
| [Herefordshire 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01035055) | 1,596 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.7% |
| [Herefordshire 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01035056) | 1,525 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| [Herefordshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013986) | 1,627 | 104.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Herefordshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013989) | 1,546 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Herefordshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014010) | 1,832 | 776.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.2% |
| [Herefordshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014011) | 1,475 | 213.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| [Herefordshire 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014086) | 1,475 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.8% |
| [Herefordshire 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014092) | 1,811 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| [Herefordshire 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014075) | 1,769 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| [Herefordshire 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014076) | 2,106 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.9% |
| [Herefordshire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014077) | 1,569 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Herefordshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014078) | 1,410 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| [Herefordshire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014090) | 1,460 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Herefordshire 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014091) | 1,525 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Herefordshire 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014093) | 1,372 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Herefordshire 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014094) | 1,441 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Herefordshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014068) | 1,422 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| [Herefordshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014070) | 2,304 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| [Herefordshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014072) | 1,959 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.5% |
| [Herefordshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014073) | 1,912 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.2% |
| [Herefordshire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014074) | 1,484 | 227.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Herefordshire 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013996) | 1,538 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Herefordshire 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013997) | 1,870 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Herefordshire 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013992) | 1,542 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| [Herefordshire 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013993) | 1,565 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Herefordshire 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013994) | 1,443 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Herefordshire 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01013995) | 1,846 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Herefordshire 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014071) | 1,466 | 141.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Herefordshire 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014069) | 1,820 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |

## Your MP

- [Hereford and South Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hereford-and-south-herefordshire): Jesse Norman (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire)

## Postcode districts covering Hereford

[HR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hr1), [HR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hr2), [HR4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hr4)

## Middle areas in Hereford

[Hereford Central](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/hereford-central), [Hereford East](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/hereford-east), [Hereford North East](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/hereford-north-east), [Hereford North West](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/hereford-north-west), [Hereford South](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/hereford-south), [Hereford South West](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/hereford-south-west), [Hereford West](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/hereford-west)

## Towns near Hereford

[Ross-on-Wye](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ross-on-wye), [Leominster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leominster), [Ledbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ledbury), [Great Malvern](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-malvern), [Monmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/monmouth), [Cinderford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cinderford)

## Hereford in brief

Hereford is a town in Herefordshire, West Midlands.
About 61,232 people lived in Hereford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 921 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 93.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Hereford was £260,000 in 2025.
Hereford had 60,471 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in Hereford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hereford, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003830
- Constituency: [Hereford and South Herefordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hereford-and-south-herefordshire)
- Council: [Herefordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 17.66 km²
- People, mid-2024: 61,232*
- Neighbourhoods: 38
- Output areas: 204

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Ross-on-Wye](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ross-on-wye), [Leominster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leominster), [Ledbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ledbury), [Great Malvern](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-malvern), [Monmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/monmouth), [Cinderford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cinderford)

## Latest updates for Hereford

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003830

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/hereford, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/hereford#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/hereford