Total Crime Rate

554.7 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 554.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 198.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 101.2 10/10
  • Public order 60.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.6 10/10
  • Other crime 44.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 36.4 8/10
  • Other theft 24.3 10/10
  • Burglary 16.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 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

Fairwater Square area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Fairwater , and the 4th 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 Fairwater Square (NP44 4TA) in the last 12 months was 554.7 per 1,000 residents and was 622.6% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 271.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 137.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairwater Square (NP44 4TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ton Road, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fairwater Square area

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Data Sources

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