Is Hereford a good place to live? 2026 area guide
West Midlands / Herefordshire·Last updated:
Is Hereford a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, 42 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 3. Hereford, the Herefordshire county-city market. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Hereford's 1 postcode area (HR1); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.
Everything about Hereford, in one place
A summary of each metric for Hereford, fused across its postcode areas from official UK data. Follow any card to the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.
We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Hereford on the last refresh. Open a sold-prices page to search a specific address.
See Hereford sold pricesdata.police.uk recorded 42 crimes in the latest month across Hereford's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Hereford has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address.
See Hereford crimeAt least one part of Hereford falls in EA Flood Zone 3 (a higher-risk zone). Flood risk varies street by street, so check the exact address before you offer.
See Hereford flood zoneAn indicative yield needs both an ONS mean rent and a median sold price; not available for Hereford on the last refresh.
See Hereford rental yieldWhere a metric shows “No data” we did not return a confident figure for Hereford on the last data refresh; we never fabricate a figure.
What are house prices like in Hereford?
We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Hereford on the last refresh. Open a sold-prices page to search a specific address.
Is Hereford a safe place to live?
data.police.uk recorded 42 crimes in the latest month across Hereford's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Hereford has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address.
Is Hereford at risk of flooding?
At least one part of Hereford falls in EA Flood Zone 3 (a higher-risk zone). Flood risk varies street by street, so check the exact address before you offer.
What are the EPC ratings like in Hereford?
Across Hereford the modal EPC band is B, with 61.7% of sampled certificates at band C or above, based on the public MHCLG EPC register sampled across the town's postcodes.
A
None
B
44.3%
C
17.4%
D
30%
E
7.4%
F
0.9%
G
None
What are the schools and transport like in Hereford?
School catchments and transport links vary street by street within Hereford. A full HouseCheckup property report shows the catchment-area schools for any address with their Ofsted history, plus the nearest stations and broadband speeds drawn from NaPTAN and Ofcom data. Search an address below for the property-level picture.
Check any property in Hereford
This page is the area picture. To see all of this (sold-price history, crime, flood and ground risk, EPC, school catchments and a current valuation) for one exact property, search the address.
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Frequently asked questions about Hereford
Is Hereford a good place to live?
Is Hereford a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, 42 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 3. Hereford, the Herefordshire county-city market. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Hereford's 1 postcode area (HR1); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.
What is the average house price in Hereford?
We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Hereford on the last refresh. Search a specific address for its HM Land Registry sale history.
Is Hereford a safe place to live, and is it at flood risk?
data.police.uk recorded 42 crimes in the latest month across Hereford's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Hereford has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address. At least one part of Hereford falls in EA Flood Zone 3 (a higher-risk zone). Flood risk varies street by street, so check the exact address before you offer. Both are area-level screens. Risk varies street by street, so check the exact address with the HouseCheckup tools.
What rental yield does Hereford achieve?
We could not compute an indicative gross yield for Hereford on the last refresh. It needs both an ONS mean rent and an HM Land Registry median price.
Sources
- Price Paid Data & UKHPI, HM Land Registry
- Price Index of Private Rents, Office for National Statistics
- Street-level crime, data.police.uk
- Flood-risk layers, Environment Agency / planning.data.gov.uk
- Energy Performance Certificates, MHCLG
Rent data: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Flood data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026 (OGL v3.0). Flood Re eligibility based on floodre.co.uk criteria is indicative only; insurers make final decisions. Contains Mining Remediation Authority data © Mining Remediation Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026 (GeoClimate UKCP18 Open). Indicative Atlas of Radon. © Crown copyright UKHSA; contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses. Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales (MHCLG, OGL v3.0)