Total Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thornwell Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bulwark and Thornwell , and the 79th highest crime rate of 273 local areas in Monmouthshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thornwell Road (NP16 5AA) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% higher than the Bulwark and Thornwell average (68.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornwell Road (NP16 5AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mathern Way (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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