HR4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hereford, 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 HR4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 99% of people in HR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HR4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HR4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HR4 at a rate of 70.9 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 232 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HR4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (882), other crime (375) and shoplifting (325).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HR4 was 71.6 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 HR4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HR4 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HR4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire 004B | 1,472 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.9% |
| Herefordshire 007A | 1,557 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.0% |
| Herefordshire 007B | 1,675 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.2% |
| Herefordshire 007C | 2,023 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.3% |
| Herefordshire 007D | 1,543 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 25.2% |
| Herefordshire 007E | 1,775 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.5% |
| Herefordshire 007F | 1,011 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.3% |
| Herefordshire 010A | 1,566 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| Herefordshire 010B | 1,577 | 173.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Herefordshire 010C | 1,638 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Herefordshire 010D | 1,416 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Herefordshire 010E | 1,342 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Herefordshire 010F | 1,397 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Herefordshire 011E | 1,596 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.7% |
| Herefordshire 012E | 1,475 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.8% |
| Herefordshire 013A | 1,769 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Herefordshire 013B | 2,106 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.9% |
| Herefordshire 013C | 1,569 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Herefordshire 013D | 1,410 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
MPs for HR4
- Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyMP for North Herefordshire51% of HR4’s postcodes
- Jesse NormanConservativeMP for Hereford and South Herefordshire49% of HR4’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 HR43
Postcode sectors in HR44
Council1
Towns in HR41
Postcode districts next to HR44
More in the HR postcode area2
HR4 in brief
HR4 is a postcode district covering Hereford, in Herefordshire.
About 32,099 people lived in HR4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £276,000 in 2025 across 552 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HR4 was £276,000 in 2025.
HR4 had 31,382 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in HR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HR4, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.