HR1 4LB

Backbury · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
HR1
Postcode sector
HR1 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR1 4FL 178 m
HR1 4LG 242 m
HR1 4LA 261 m
HR1 4JL 309 m
HR1 4LD 331 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR1 4LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR1
Postcode sector
HR1 4
Latitude
52.037820
Longitude
-2.649003
British National Grid easting
355,579
British National Grid northing
237,911

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward
Backbury · E05009440
Parish or community
E04000768
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070613
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 018A · E01013990
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 018 · E02002922

Postcode source versions

Explore HR1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
8
Secondary
3
  1. Mordiford CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  2. Pathway Schools Limited

    Other independent special school

    2.1 km
  3. St Mary's RC High School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.2
HR1 4 residents
6,390

Age bands in HR1 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

910 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

617 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

1,139 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

2,064 residents

Age 65 and over
26.8%

1,736 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR1 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
88.9%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • CANTILUPE SURGERY

    49-51 ST. OWEN STREET, HEREFORD, HR1 2JB

    ODS code M81032

    4.8 km

  • WARGRAVE HOUSE SURGERY

    WARGRAVE HOUSE, 23 ST. OWEN STREET, HEREFORD, HR1 2JB

    ODS code M81066

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Hampton Bishop

    0.3 miles
  • Church Lane

    BCT · Hampton Bishop

    0.3 miles
  • Bunch of Carrots

    BCT · Hampton Bishop

    0.4 miles
  • Bunch of Carrots

    BCT · Hampton Bishop

    0.4 miles
  • Bridge

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 018A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,870 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. Mordiford CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.