HR1 4YA

Backbury · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 4LS 40 m
HR1 4LR 123 m
HR1 4LW 530 m
HR1 4LN 617 m
HR1 4LQ 666 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR1 4YA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR1
Postcode sector
HR1 4
Latitude
52.032439
Longitude
-2.618138
British National Grid easting
357,691
British National Grid northing
237,294

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
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Mordiford CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    553 m
  2. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.9 km
  3. Pathway Schools Limited

    Other independent special school

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

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

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Pentaloe Close

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.1 miles
  • Moon Inn

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.3 miles
  • Moon Inn

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.3 miles
  • School

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.4 miles
  • School

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.4 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Mordiford CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 553 m.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 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.