Total Crime Rate

545.1 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 545.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 193.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 148.7 10/10
  • Public order 49.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.5 10/10
  • Other theft 36.0 10/10
  • Burglary 22.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 13.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.0 9/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Moriah and Pontlottyn , and the 6th 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 High Street (NP22 5LP) in the last 12 months was 545.1 per 1,000 residents and was 280.6% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 243.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NP22 5LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B4257, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

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Data Sources

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