Total Crime Rate

359.4 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 359.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.7 9/10
  • Other theft 49.8 10/10
  • Public order 49.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 32.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.5 10/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • 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

Factory Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaufort , and the 16th highest crime rate of 232 local areas in Blaenau Gwent .

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 Factory Road (NP23 4DP) in the last 12 months was 359.4 per 1,000 residents and was 218.9% higher than the Beaufort average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 131.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Factory Road (NP23 4DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B4248 (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Factory Road area

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Data Sources

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