Total Crime Rate

126.0 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 126.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 4th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Argoed , and the 144th 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 High Street (NP12 1BB) in the last 12 months was 126.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.0% higher than the Argoed average (80.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NP12 1BB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 179 crimes here, including 87 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

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Data Sources

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