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Overview of Torfaen crime rate

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Torfaen secures the 8th spot out of 25 local areas in terms of crime rates, with 10,150 incidents reported in 2023. The population of 92,276 translates to a crime rate of 110.0 per 1,000 people, noting a 1.39% increase from the previous year.

The most prevalent crimes in Torfaen are Violence and sexual offences (39.5%), Anti-social behaviour (19.5%), Public order (14.4%), with the rarest being Robbery (0.4%), Theft from the person (0.3%), Bicycle theft (0.3%).

Among its 18 wards, Llantarnam (226.7), St. Dials (147.6), Llanyrafon (141.5) had the highest crime figures, while the safest were New Inn (66.2), Coed Eva (58.6), Llanfrechfa and Ponthir (48.0) .

Postcode districts within or overlapping Torfaen showed NP11 (185.9), NP18 (140.5), NP44 (121.6) with the highest crime rates, whereas NP18 (140.5), NP44 (121.6), NP4 (96.2) were comparatively safer.

In Torfaen, there has been a significant increase in Anti-social behaviour by approximately 23.56% since 2020, along with increases in Criminal damage and arson by about 2.55% in 2023, Public order by 4.49% in 2022, Shoplifting by around 1.95% in 2023, and Violence and sexual offences by approximately 3.63% in 2021 and 7.99% in 2022. However, there have been decreases in Anti-social behaviour by 11.33% in 2021 and 8.5% in 2022, along with declines in Burglary, Other theft, Public order, Shoplifting, Vehicle crime, and Violence and sexual offences over various years.

Torfaen crime incidents by crime type

A total of 10150 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 4011 (39.5)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1982 (19.5)%
Public order – 1465 (14.4)%
Shoplifting – 612 (6.0)%
Other theft – 578 (5.7)%
Criminal damage and arson – 353 (3.5)%
Vehicle crime – 340 (3.3)%
Other crime – 258 (2.5)%
Burglary – 214 (2.1)%
Drugs – 174 (1.7)%
Possession of weapons – 67 (0.7)%
Robbery – 39 (0.4)%
Theft from the person – 31 (0.3)%
Bicycle theft – 26 (0.3)%

How does Torfaen compare against nearby areas ?

Torfaen ranks 8th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

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Crime rates in Torfaen wards

There are 18 wards within Torfaen. Llantarnam, St. Dials, Llanyrafon has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 18 wards from high crime rate to low.