Total Crime Rate

319.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 319.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 60.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.5 10/10
  • Public order 35.1 10/10
  • Drugs 22.4 10/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lower Park Gardens area has the 6th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood , and the 13th highest crime rate of 313 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 Lower Park Gardens (NP4 8DF) in the last 12 months was 319.5 per 1,000 residents and was 229.1% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 143.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Park Gardens (NP4 8DF), the main crime hotspot is near Commercial Street. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Park Gardens area

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Data Sources

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