Crime Rates at Market Street, Blaenavon, Pontypool, NP4 9ET

Market Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Blaenavon , and the 49th highest crime rate of 305 local areas in Torfaen .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Market Street (NP4 9ET) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.6% higher than the Blaenavon average (51.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Street (NP4 9ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ton-Mawr Avenue, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Hill Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.