Unitary authority · E06000019
Herefordshire, County of
Outstanding borrowing is the MHCLG live-table stock, not a press figure. Crime is police-recorded and mapped from Community Safety Partnership areas. Political control is the 2026 Open Council Data composition snapshot.
Total outstanding borrowing
£184.7m
£184,736,000
Debt per resident
£959
Using mid-2025 population of 192,539
Population
192,539
ONS mid-year estimate
Recorded crime rate
50.4 per 1,000
9,620 offences, year to March 2026
Borrowing
Herefordshire, County of reported £184,736,000 of outstanding borrowing as at 30 June 2026. That is total outstanding borrowing (all sources, including loans from other local authorities). About £959 per resident.
Figures converted from £ thousand as published. This is a stock of outstanding borrowing, not the annual deficit.
Source: MHCLG — Borrowing and investment live table, Q1 2026 to 2027. As of 30 Jun 2026 · Q1 2026–27 (as at 30 June 2026).
Population
192,539 usual residents at mid-2025, on 2023 local authority boundaries.
Source: ONS — Estimates of the population for England and Wales, mid-2025. As of 30 Jun 2025 · Mid-2025 (2023 local authority boundaries).
Recorded crime
9,620 police-recorded offences excluding fraud, a rate of 50.4 per 1,000.
Police force / area: West Mercia.
Community Safety Partnership: Herefordshire, County of.
Police recorded crime excluding fraud, CSP area “Herefordshire, County of” (West Mercia Police).
Source: ONS / Home Office — Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables (Tables C2 and C4). As of 31 Mar 2026 · Year ending March 2026.
Who runs the council
CON min on a council of 53 seats.
- Labour 1
- Conservative 20
- Liberal Democrats 12
- Plaid Cymru 0
- Green 8
- Reform UK 0
- Other 12
Open Council Data is a curated compilation of published council compositions, not an official government statistical release.
Source: Open Council Data UK — GB council compositions 2016–2026. As of 1 May 2026 · 2026 composition snapshot (shortly after the May local elections / by-elections).
Last local election / current composition
CON min; 53 seats (Lab 1, Con 20, LD 12, Green 8, Reform 0, other 12)
No next-election date in the 2026 councillor file. Election calendar for national and mayoral dates.
Next UK general election: not yet set. National and mayoral dates: Election calendar.
Source: Open Council Data UK council compositions and councillor file, 2026. As of 1 May 2026.
2024 general election in this area
Green won 1 of 2 overlapping constituency/constituencies. Parliamentary constituencies do not match council boundaries exactly.
- Conservative32.0% · 30,713 votes
- Green26.0% · 24,911 votes
- Labour17.5% · 16,797 votes
- Reform UK17.1% · 16,443 votes
- Liberal Democrats7.0% · 6,761 votes
Indicative sum of votes in overlapping constituencies. Some constituencies cross local authority boundaries, so this is not a precise LA result.
2 overlapping constituencies
- Hereford and South Herefordshire: Conservative — Jesse Norman
- North Herefordshire: Green — Ellie Chowns
Source: House of Commons Library — General election 2024 results (CBP-10009). As of 4 Jul 2024.
Council tax (Band D)
Full rankings- Area Band D
- £2,574.37
- £ change
- +£125.20
- % change
- +5.11%
- Rank
- 51 of 296financial year 2026 to 2027
Area Band D for a two-adult Band D dwelling in this billing authority, including adult social care, parish and major precepts. Ranked 51 of 296 in England for 2026-27.
Source: MHCLG — Live tables on Council Tax: Band D Council Tax figures 1993 onwards (Area_CT / Area_CT_%). As of 22 Apr 2026 · financial year 2026 to 2027.
Explain this numberArea Band D council tax
The MHCLG area Band D figure for a two-adult Band D dwelling in this billing area — the billing authority plus adult social care, parish and major precepts (county or GLA, police, fire, combined authority).
- Not average council tax per dwelling, and not the amount every household pays (bands A–H are fixed fractions of Band D; discounts and premiums apply).
- Shire districts appear in the ranking because they are billing authorities. Watchtower’s primary council rows are CTYUA, so counties have no single area Band D.
- Year-on-year % is the official live-table column. We do not invent bills.
- Wales is a separate StatsWales / Welsh Government collection and is ranked on its own table — not mixed with MHCLG England figures.
Source: MHCLG — Live tables on Council Tax: Band D Council Tax figures 1993 onwards (Area_CT / Area_CT_%). As of 22 Apr 2026 · financial year 2026 to 2027.
MPs covering this area
Parliamentary constituencies from the House of Commons Library GE 2024 results that overlap this council (ONS lookup). Sitting MPs are joined from the committed Members API snapshot — usually by constituency name. ONS constituency codes are shown for the seat; the Members API has no ONS codes, so a code-level join is not available. Name-only joins are labelled.
- Matched on constituency name
Hereford and South Herefordshire
E14001281 · GE 2024: Conservative — Jesse Norman
ConservativeRMFI entries in latest register: 17
Recent stored division: voted No on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026).
- Matched on constituency name
North Herefordshire
E14001395 · GE 2024: Green — Ellie Chowns
Green PartyRMFI entries in latest register: 3
Recent stored division: voted Aye on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026).
Source: House of Commons Library — General election 2024 results (CBP-10009). As of 4 Jul 2024.
Source: UK Parliament Members API (committed snapshot). As of 13 Sept 2026.