Total Crime Rate

133.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 133.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Monks Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Caldicot Castle , and the 36th highest crime rate of 273 local areas in Monmouthshire .

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 Monks Close (NP26 4LZ) in the last 12 months was 133.6 per 1,000 residents and was 161.1% higher than the Caldicot Castle average (51.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monks Close (NP26 4LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newport Road, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Monks Close area

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Data Sources

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