Total Crime Rate

163.6 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 163.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Penylan Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Abersychan , and the 58th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Torfaen .

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 Penylan Road (NP4 7SD) in the last 12 months was 163.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% higher than the Abersychan average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 138.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penylan Road (NP4 7SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Balance Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ty-Gwyn Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penylan Road area

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