Total Crime Rate

114.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Abercarn , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Caerphilly .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (NP11 5GT) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.5% higher than the Abercarn average (82.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 45.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NP11 5GT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Garn Street, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Commercial Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

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Data Sources

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