Total Crime Rate

259.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 259.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 126.5 10/10
  • Public order 30.9 10/10
  • Other theft 27.8 10/10
  • Other crime 21.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Upper High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Moriah and Pontlottyn , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 569 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 Upper High Street (NP22 5BS) in the last 12 months was 259.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.1% higher than the Moriah and Pontlottyn average (143.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 157.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper High Street (NP22 5BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Phillips Walk, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper High Street area

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Data Sources

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