Total Crime Rate

102.3 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 102.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Poplar Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Caerwent , and the 51st highest crime rate of 273 local areas in Monmouthshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poplar Close (NP26 3TL) in the last 12 months was 102.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% higher than the Caerwent average (78.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poplar Close (NP26 3TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pendragon Close, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Severn Tunnel Junction (Station) (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Poplar Close area

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Data Sources

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