Total Crime Rate

251.1 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 251.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.5 9/10
  • Public order 33.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Railway View area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Cwm , and the 28th 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 Railway View (NP23 6UL) in the last 12 months was 251.1 per 1,000 residents and was 228.3% higher than the Cwm average (76.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -48.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 113.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Railway View (NP23 6UL), 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 Railway View area

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Data Sources

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