Tupsley
Suburb · 287 residents
67Good
Good · better than 8 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 28 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Affordability scores 71, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 13% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 33, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Tupsley
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Tupsley a good place to live?
Tupsley scores 67/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (81) and affordability (71).
It scores lowest on food & drink (33).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Tupsley in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Tupsley
Tupsley sits on the edge of Hereford proper, the kind of place where detached houses on generous plots outnumber anything else, and the streets have that settled, nobody's-moving-soon quality that comes with a median age pushing 46. This isn't a suburb built for churn — it's one where people arrive and stay.
The property picture backs that up: detached homes dominate the sales here, nearly all of it freehold, and a For Sale board on a Tupsley street is far more likely to say "family house, long-term owners" than "investment opportunity." At a median of around £312,500, prices sit a little above the county average for Herefordshire and comfortably above the national median, though still short of what you'd pay for the equivalent detached home nationally — locally, the semis and terraces actually fetch more than their national counterparts, which tells you buyers are paying a premium specifically to be here rather than for house type. Schools-wise, Mordiford CofE Primary carries a Good rating, and St Mary's RC High School shows solid progress scores for its secondary leavers — not a dazzling academic postcode, but a dependable one, which is consistent with the area's overall B-grade for schools sitting just under its run of A's and B+'s elsewhere.
And that run of grades is really the story here: safety comes back as an A, trending in the right direction, and the area is graded well above the national average on affordability, connectivity, and health too. Look under the bonnet, though, and the crime rate is markedly higher than the Herefordshire average — the raw numbers are small in absolute terms, and violence and sexual offences make up the bulk of it, which is a pattern common to areas with any evening footfall or through-traffic rather than a sign of a dangerous street. It's the one figure worth sitting with rather than skating past, even as the broader safety trend is improving. Full-fibre broadband reaches a strong majority of homes, which matters more than it used to now that Tupsley isn't a place you'd necessarily commute out of daily.