Total Crime Rate

92.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 92.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 24.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Varteg Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Abersychan , and the 36th 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 Varteg Road (NP4 7PY) in the last 12 months was 92.6 per 1,000 residents and was 101.9% higher than the Abersychan average (45.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Varteg Road (NP4 7PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Balance Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ty-Gwyn Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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