Total Crime Rate
23.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Merthyr Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Cantref , and the 106th highest crime rate of 260 local areas in Monmouthshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Merthyr Road (NP7 5DF) in the last 12 months was 23.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower than the Cantref average (26.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Merthyr Road (NP7 5DF), the main crime hotspot is near St Helen'S Close. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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