Total Crime Rate

42.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 42.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ebbw Vale Row area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bryn and Cwmavon , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

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 Ebbw Vale Row (SA12 9AY) in the last 12 months was 42.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% lower than the Bryn and Cwmavon average (54.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ebbw Vale Row (SA12 9AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol-Jiwbili (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ebbw Vale Row area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Heol-Jiwbili Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Heol-Jiwbili Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Somerset Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penllyn Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penllyn Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Jiwbili Under investigation

Data Sources

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