Total Crime Rate

120.4 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 120.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

West Bank area has the 25th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Abertillery and Six Bells , and the 97th highest crime rate of 232 local areas in Blaenau Gwent .

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 West Bank (NP13 1RF) in the last 12 months was 120.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Abertillery and Six Bells average (156.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Bank (NP13 1RF), the main crime hotspot is near East Bank. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in West Bank area

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Data Sources

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