Total Crime Rate

224.3 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 224.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.8 9/10
  • Public order 26.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.8 9/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Church Crescent area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Cwm , and the 34th highest crime rate of 232 local areas in Blaenau Gwent .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Crescent (NP23 6UG) in the last 12 months was 224.3 per 1,000 residents and was 193.4% higher than the Cwm average (76.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -21.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 129.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Crescent (NP23 6UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holland Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Crescent area

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Data Sources

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