Hereford

14°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 15° / 6° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:46

9h 44m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

• 5.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

429 reported · August 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences163
• Shoplifting71
• Anti-social behaviour62
• Criminal damage & arson36

20 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hereford City Southside and Rural · West Mercia

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

277 reported road collisions (2025)

88 killed or seriously injured · 378 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

473 food businesses within 2 miles

• 368 rated 4–5 ★ (311 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hereford (0.7 km)
• 77 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£291,495 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Herefordshire, County of · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£821 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £596
• 2 bed £773
• 3 bed £955

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,409 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (1.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Shirehall Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres9
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches48
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,037 residents in Herefordshire, County of · 86/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,374
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,982
• Net moves+1,392

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 136 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,574 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 90,500)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

115 schools · 24,767 pupils

78 primary · 14 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 32 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

98 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Herefordshire, County of

223 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices25
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies51
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Herefordshire, County of

• Not in the Green Belt
• 337 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

374 applications decided

96.5% granted · 361 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jesse Norman

Conservative

Hereford and South Herefordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 20
• LD 12
• Grn 8
• Oth 12

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools21
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens24
• Restaurants & cafés99

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

754 jobs advertised · £41,059 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, West Midlands, Head of Finance & IT, Deliveroo Rider

Source: Adzuna

£713 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,031 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 92,995 certificates

18.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 28% · Nuclear 17% · Solar 10%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.7 women · 62.3 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

16 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in HR1

• Hereford Medical Group
• Cantilupe Surgery
• Wargrave House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hereford and South Herefordshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks349 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases344 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills178 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately178 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth142 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  The Old House, Hereford · 0.0 km

  The Old House is a distinctive black and white half-timbered house in High Town, Hereford, England, built in 1621. It was restored in the 19th century and became a museum of Jacobean life in 1929.

• 
  Hereford · 0.1 km

  Hereford is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Wye and lies 16 miles (26 km) east of the border with Wales, 23 miles (37 km) north-…

• 
  Siege of Hereford · 0.1 km

  The siege of Hereford took place in 1645 during the English Civil War when the city of Hereford and its English Royalist garrison was besieged by a Scottish Covenanter army under the command of the Earl of Leven. The…

• 
  Shirehall, Hereford · 0.2 km

  The Shirehall is a building on St Peter's Square, Hereford, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.

• Hereford Dispensary · 0.2 km

  Hereford Dispensary was founded in 1835 in Hereford, England. In 1837, it was moved to a house on Bye Street in Hereford. It was part of the Dispensary Movement. It was a public dispensary, which gave advice and medic…

• 
  Hereford Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Hereford Town Hall is a municipal building in St Owen's Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England. The building, which is the home of Hereford City Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)