Total Crime Rate

131.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 76.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Public order 22.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodside Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Pontnewydd , and the 20th highest crime rate of 305 local areas in Torfaen .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodside Road (NP44 3EW) in the last 12 months was 131.2 per 1,000 residents and was 194.7% higher than the Pontnewydd average (44.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodside Road (NP44 3EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hanbury Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodside Road area

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Data Sources

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