Total Crime Rate

7422.5 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 7422.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 2478.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1556.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1260.6 10/10
  • Public order 662.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 549.3 10/10
  • Other theft 331.0 10/10
  • Drugs 190.1 10/10
  • Other crime 133.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 63.4 10/10
  • Burglary 56.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 49.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 35.2 10/10
  • Robbery 28.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.2 10/10
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

This area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Fairwater , and the 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 This (NP44 1QU) in the last 12 months was 7422.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9569.8% higher than the Fairwater average (76.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 352 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 286 (≈ 2014.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode NP44 1QU, the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 313 crimes here, including 113 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in NP44 1QU area

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Data Sources

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