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HR1 4LQ

Backbury · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR1 4LN 248 m
HR1 4LW 280 m
HR1 4LU 500 m
HR1 4LR 592 m
HR1 4LS 657 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR1 4LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR1
Postcode sector
HR1 4
Latitude
52.035596
Longitude
-2.626375
British National Grid easting
357,129
British National Grid northing
237,650

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
E04000833
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070616
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 018A · E01013990
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 018 · E02002922

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
2

  1. Mordiford CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    216 m

  2. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.4 km

  3. Pathway Schools Limited

    Other independent special school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • FOWNHOPE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOWNHOPE, HEREFORD, HR1 4PZ

    ODS code M81604

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • School

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.1 miles

  • School

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.1 miles

  • Moon Inn

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.2 miles

  • Moon Inn

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.2 miles

  • Bridge

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.2 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
0
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

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. Mordiford CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 216 m.

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

Recorded crime

17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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