Facts & figures about Herefordshire

Safer communities

The links below provide information on a number of topics connected to safer communities.  These also act as electronic updates of data included in the State of Herefordshire Report, the relevant chapter of which can be downloaded from the resource box below.

Safer Herefordshire (formerly Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership) produce an Annual Strategic Assessment, which contains detailed analysis on a range of community safety issues. For a summary of the 2010 assessment and other general enquiries about the organisation, please see the Safer Herefordshire webpage.

Key findings as identified in the 2011 State of Herefordshire Report and Joint Strategic Needs Assessment:

Strength

• The number of accidental dwelling fires has fallen by over 10% and, despite a small increase in the total number of fires attended this year, the overall trend remains downward
• The number of people killed in fire incidents remains very low

Weakness

• Domestic Abuse
• The mortality rate from accidents is high and hospital admission levels are rising

Opportunity

• The number of anti-social  behaviour incidents has reduced in Herefordshire, although anti-social behaviour remains a concern for a large proportion of Herefordshire residents

Threat and Challenge

• Overall crime is low and has been decreasing, but economic conditions risk a reversal of this trend
• Alcohol misuse is a growing problem, affecting A&E attendances, hospital admissions and crime levels
• Increasing reoffending rates
• Fires - Hoax calls continue to be driven down
• Whilst the number of people killed or seriously injured on Herefordshire’s roads has been decreasing, the Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service still attends the equivalent of four road traffic collisions each week in Herefordshire
• The number of fatal incidents involving young road users is a concern and there has been a notable increase in “drink drive” related accidents, but the number of motorcycle collisions has decreased.
• Falls are still the single largest cause of admission to hospital due to an accident
  
  

Individual topic pages:

Community safety

• Overall crime levels
• Crime deprivation (Indices of Deprivation 2010) 
• Violent crime
• Criminal damage
• Acquisitive crime (theft and robbery)
• Alcohol related crimes and incidents
• Drug supply offences and treatment
• Domestic violence
• Anti-social behaviour
• Fear of crime
• Young people as victims of crime (link to the topic in "children and young people")
• Offender management
• Rehabilitation of offenders (link to the topic in the "vulnerable adults" section of "health and well-being" - as ex-offenders are considered a key group at risk of social exclusion)
• Youth offending and re-offending (link to the topic in "children and young people")

Accidents

• Accidents (hospital admissions and mortality) including falls
• Road casualties
• Falls
  

Last updated: 20 December 2011