Total Crime Rate

35.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 35.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Open Hearth Close area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in New Inn , and the 58th lowest crime rate of 313 local areas in Torfaen .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Open Hearth Close (NP4 5LU) in the last 12 months was 35.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% lower than the New Inn average (64.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Open Hearth Close (NP4 5LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martindale Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Open Hearth Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Open Hearth Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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