Crime Rate in Upper Cwmbran, ward

Upper Cwmbran has the 6th highest crime rate of 18 wards in Torfaen district and the 3357th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Upper Cwmbran in the last 12 months was 57.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% higher than the Torfaen district average (56.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Upper Cwmbran’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 155 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Upper Cwmbran ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Perry Court. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.