Total Crime Rate

607.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

231.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 607.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 231.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 135.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 125.4 9/10
  • Public order 85.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.5 10/10
  • Other theft 29.7 10/10
  • Drugs 23.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Blackwood , and the highest crime rate of 559 local areas in Caerphilly .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (NP2 1AF) in the last 12 months was 607.3 per 1,000 residents and was 947.5% higher than the Blackwood average (58.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 231.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NP2 1AF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 46 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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