Total Crime Rate

169.0 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 169.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.3 10/10
  • Public order 21.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Upper Coedcae Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Blaenavon , and the 54th 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 Upper Coedcae Road (NP4 9JA) in the last 12 months was 169.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% higher than the Blaenavon average (111.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 45.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 95.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Coedcae Road (NP4 9JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Hill Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ty Mynydd (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Coedcae Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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