Total Crime Rate

1309.5 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 1309.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 352.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 347.6 10/10
  • Public order 157.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 152.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 128.6 10/10
  • Other theft 95.2 10/10
  • Burglary 28.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.1 10/10
  • Other crime 14.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.5 10/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Market Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Cwm , and the 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 Market Street (NP23 6YH) in the last 12 months was 1309.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1612.5% 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 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 170.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 109 (≈ 519.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Street (NP23 6YH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Market Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
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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