HR4 7AZ

Credenhill · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Credenhill
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of
Constituency: North Herefordshire
Postcode district: HR4
Postcode sector: HR4 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
HR4 7AJ	50 m
HR4 7AH	74 m
HR4 7PT	570 m
HR4 7AF	616 m
HR4 7AG	643 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: HR4 7AZ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 December 2000
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: HR
Postcode district: HR4
Postcode sector: HR4 7
Latitude: 52.078373
Longitude: -2.793555
British National Grid easting: 345,713
British National Grid northing: 242,520

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district: Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward: Credenhill · E05012957
Parish or community: E04012879
Westminster constituency: North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area: E00070739
Lower layer super output area: Herefordshire 007B · E01014012
Middle layer super output area: Herefordshire 007 · E02002911

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 9
Primary: 6
Secondary: 1

Stretton Sugwas CofE Academy

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874 m
St Mary's CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
1.1 km
Burghill Community Academy

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2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 79
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 47
Anti social behaviour 8
Other theft 6
Burglary 5
Criminal damage and arson 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 19
Postcode households: 12
Residents per household: 1.6
HR4 7 residents: 5,886

Age bands in HR4 7

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 16.2%
Age 15 to 24: 8.7%
Age 25 to 44: 22.1%
Age 45 to 64: 27.6%
Age 65 and over: 25.4%

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR4 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 100%
Gigabit-capable: 100%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

Village Hall

BCT · Stretton Sugwas
0.3 miles
Village Hall

BCT · Stretton Sugwas
0.3 miles
Roman Way

BCT · Stretton Sugwas
0.4 miles
Roman Way

BCT · Stretton Sugwas
0.4 miles
Post Office

BCT · Swainshill
0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 007B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,738 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 3 of 10
Living environment: 4 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: 2
Medium risk addresses: 2
Low risk addresses: 2
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Stretton Sugwas CofE Academy is the nearest published school at 874 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

79 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 47 events.

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