HR9 5HX

Ross West · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Postcode district
HR9
Postcode sector
HR9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR9 5HT 17 m
HR9 5HH 30 m
HR9 5HP 33 m
HR9 5HY 35 m
HR9 5HL 50 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR9 5HX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR9
Postcode sector
HR9 5
Latitude
51.914193
Longitude
-2.585822
British National Grid easting
359,802
British National Grid northing
224,124

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward
Ross West · E05009481
Parish or community
E04012406
Output area
E00071032
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 022F · E01014066
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 022 · E02002926

Postcode source versions

Explore HR9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Ashfield Park Primary School

    Community school

    451 m
  2. St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary aided school

    578 m
  3. Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
804
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 295
  • Shoplifting 145
  • Anti social behaviour 79
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Public order 61

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HR9 5 residents
7,150

Age bands in HR9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

892 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

550 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

1,209 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

1,991 residents

Age 65 and over
31.4%

2,121 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

2

within 5 km

  • ALTON STREET SURGERY

    ALTON STREET, ROSS-ON-WYE, HR9 5AB

    ODS code M81044

    318 m

  • PENDEEN SURGERY

    KENT AVENUE, ROSS-ON-WYE, HR9 5AH

    ODS code M81061

    377 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Edde Cross Street

    BCT · Ross-on-Wye

    0.1 miles
  • Edde Cross Street

    BCT · Ross-on-Wye

    0.1 miles
  • St Frances Church

    BCT · Ross-on-Wye

    0.2 miles
  • St Frances Church

    BCT · Ross-on-Wye

    0.2 miles
  • Aldi

    BCT · Ross-on-Wye

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 022F, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,349 of 33,755

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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ashfield Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 451 m.

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

Recorded crime

804 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 295 events.

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