Total Crime Rate

224.7 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 224.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 41.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.3 9/10
  • Other theft 36.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.9 9/10
  • Public order 20.9 9/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hughes Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beaufort , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 232 local areas in Blaenau Gwent .

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 Hughes Avenue (NP23 6LH) in the last 12 months was 224.7 per 1,000 residents and was 99.4% higher than the Beaufort average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hughes Avenue (NP23 6LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clos Trehelyg, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hughes Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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