Total Crime Rate

536.7 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 536.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 231.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 101.7 10/10
  • Burglary 45.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.2 10/10
  • Public order 39.6 10/10
  • Other theft 28.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

The Tower area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Fairwater , and the 6th highest crime rate of 313 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 The Tower (NP44 3QY) in the last 12 months was 536.7 per 1,000 residents and was 599.2% higher than the Fairwater average (76.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 282.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Tower (NP44 3QY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 291 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Tower area

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Data Sources

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