Total Crime Rate

168.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

101.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 168.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 101.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.7 9/10
  • Public order 30.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 18.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in New Inn , and the 8th highest crime rate of 305 local areas in Torfaen .

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 High Street (NP4 5HU) in the last 12 months was 168.5 per 1,000 residents and was 560.4% higher than the New Inn average (25.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 101.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 228.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NP4 5HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Hilda'S Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

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Data Sources

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