Total Crime Rate

134.7 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 134.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.6 10/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Glenside area has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Pontnewydd , and the 85th 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 Glenside (NP44 1BN) in the last 12 months was 134.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% higher than the Pontnewydd average (105.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Glenside (NP44 1BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Five Locks Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Glenside area

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Data Sources

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