Total Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Hillside Drive area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood , and the 154th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Torfaen .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hillside Drive (NP4 5SF) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.8% lower than the Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillside Drive (NP4 5SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Penyrheol Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blaendare Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hillside Drive area

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Data Sources

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