Total Crime Rate

102.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 102.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Upper Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Darran Valley , and the 195th highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Caerphilly .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Road (NP24 6DX) in the last 12 months was 102.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.1% higher than the Darran Valley average (73.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 171.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Road (NP24 6DX), the main crime hotspot is near Jubilee Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Road area

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Data Sources

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