Total Crime Rate

145.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 145.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 49.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.5 6/10
  • Public order 21.4 9/10
  • Other theft 17.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Factory Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Beaufort , and the 12th highest crime rate of 229 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 145.9 per 1,000 residents and was 241.5% higher than the Beaufort average (42.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% 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 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B4248 (6 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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