Total Crime Rate

100.9 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 100.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • 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

Factory Cottages area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Risca East , and the 198th highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Caerphilly .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Factory Cottages (NP11 6LA) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% higher than the Risca East average (90.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Factory Cottages (NP11 6LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thistle Way, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Factory Cottages area

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Data Sources

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