Crime and Safety in Cwmbran Central
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
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Cwmbran Central is the second safest small town in the preserved county of Gwent, and is the second safest overall out of Gwent's 117 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Cwmbran Central in 2026 is 61 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Gwent's overall crime rate, coming in 100% higher than the Gwent rate of 30 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Cwmbran Central is the second safest small town, and the second safest location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In February 2025, Cwmbran Central had the worst crime rate in Gwent for criminal damage and arson, with 43 crimes reported and a crime rate of 3.5 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2024 was also a bad month for Cwmbran Central residents, when it was Gwent's most dangerous area for robbery, recording 5 crimes at a rate of 0.40 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Cwmbran Central are violence and sexual offences, with 293 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 24. This is 44% lower than 2025's figure of 521 offences and a difference of 18.54 from 2025's crime rate of 42. Cwmbran Central's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 3 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 57% from 2025's figure of 7 crimes.
Cwmbran Central 2026 Crime Scorecard
Second Safest
Small Towns, Gwent
1.1% lower, regional crime rate
Wales
15% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of August 2025, the crime rate in Cwmbran Central is 1.1% lower than Wales and 15% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Cwmbran Central Crime Rate Over Time
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Cwmbran Central Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Cwmbran Central represent the time frame between January 2016 and August 2025. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Gwent Police are behind schedule with their crime data updates, and the most recent data on data.police.uk for Gwent Police is for August 2025.
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We advise exercising caution with statistics for areas within Gwent Police's boundaries, particularly if comparing against areas with more recent data, until Gwent Police are back on schedule.
Crime data on data.police.uk is typically updated once per month, and includes new data with a two-month delay.
Introduction to Cwmbran Central's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Cwmbran Central up to August 2025, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Cwmbran Central's 336 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending August 2025 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Cwmbran Central • 12 Months Ending August 2025
The typical five-minute walk within Cwmbran Central has a crime risk score of 791. This is based on analysis of 336 nearby areas within Cwmbran Central, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Cwmbran Central's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Cwmbran Central, crime risk scores are typically around 791, while in Gwent they are average 675.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 836 (709 for Gwent), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 877 (Gwent 733).
Trends in Crime Risk
Cwmbran Central
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 3.2% in Cwmbran Central's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Cwmbran Central's crime risk score is up by 20%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Cwmbran Central's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 5%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Cwmbran Central
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Cwmbran Central • 12 Months Ending August 2025
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Shoplifting offences have a crime rate of 41 reports per 1,000 people in Cwmbran Central, which is 5.49 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 507 crime reports logged by Gwent Police during the 12-month period ending August 2025.
For the same period, Gwent Police recorded 285 reports of Public Order in Cwmbran Central, resulting in a crime rate of 23 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 3.82.
The crime rate for Criminal Damage and Arson is 2.75 times the national average at 18 reports per 1,000. This is from 223 crime reports reported to Gwent Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Cwmbran Central
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.19 for the month of January 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.28 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 71% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.37 for the month of January 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.78 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 33% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Cwmbran Central
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 3.31 for the month of January 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 3.20 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 3.4% over this timeframe.
Theft From the Person offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of January 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 2.50 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Cwmbran Central • 12 Months Ending August 2025
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Cwmbran Central | Gwent | Wales | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 511 | 41.37 | 2.86 | 12,174 | 18.74 | 1.30 | 46,290 | 13.54 | 0.94 |
| Bicycle Theft | 9 | 0.72 | 2.32 | 271 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 2,050 | 0.60 | 0.74 |
| Burglary | 72 | 5.83 | 1.70 | 2,226 | 3.43 | 1.00 | 9,284 | 2.72 | 0.80 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 223 | 18.07 | 2.75 | 6,863 | 10.55 | 1.61 | 26,194 | 7.66 | 1.17 |
| Drugs | 41 | 3.31 | 1.17 | 1,653 | 2.53 | 0.89 | 8,717 | 2.55 | 0.90 |
| Other Crime | 55 | 4.45 | 2.29 | 1,701 | 2.62 | 1.35 | 7,399 | 2.17 | 1.12 |
| Other Theft | 137 | 11.08 | 1.83 | 3,786 | 5.83 | 0.96 | 16,534 | 4.83 | 0.80 |
| Possession of Weapons | 24 | 1.93 | 2.64 | 581 | 0.90 | 1.13 | 2,434 | 0.70 | 0.87 |
| Public Order | 285 | 23.09 | 3.82 | 7,517 | 11.58 | 1.91 | 29,768 | 8.73 | 1.44 |
| Robbery | 14 | 1.12 | 1.58 | 326 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 1,153 | 0.33 | 0.31 |
| Shoplifting | 507 | 41.07 | 5.49 | 4,892 | 7.53 | 1.01 | 24,355 | 7.12 | 0.95 |
| Theft From the Person | 5 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 186 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 1,491 | 0.42 | 0.22 |
| Vehicle Crime | 50 | 4.02 | 0.83 | 2,758 | 4.25 | 0.88 | 11,040 | 3.24 | 0.67 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 803 | 65.00 | 2.15 | 25,809 | 39.74 | 1.31 | 116,810 | 34.21 | 1.13 |
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Total Crime by Year
Cwmbran Central | Gwent | Wales | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2025 | 2,225 | 180.09 | 2.50 | 58,569 | 90.17 | 1.22 | 257,229 | 75.28 | 1.02 |
| 2024 | 1,999 | 164.09 | 2.27 | 53,530 | 82.97 | 1.10 | 238,672 | 70.43 | 0.93 |
| 2023 | 1,880 | 154.50 | 2.03 | 50,113 | 78.34 | 0.99 | 255,615 | 75.95 | 0.96 |
| 2022 | 1,580 | 130.60 | 1.76 | 45,569 | 71.98 | 0.94 | 245,565 | 73.85 | 0.96 |
| 2021 | 1,226 | 102.16 | 1.54 | 41,430 | 65.68 | 0.96 | 217,266 | 65.68 | 0.96 |
| 2020 | 1,790 | 150.99 | 2.10 | 46,932 | 74.67 | 1.01 | 237,502 | 72.15 | 0.97 |
| 2019 | 1,807 | 154.11 | 2.09 | 49,113 | 78.20 | 1.03 | 244,905 | 74.66 | 0.98 |
| 2018 | 1,503 | 129.47 | 1.90 | 40,466 | 64.64 | 0.91 | 218,341 | 66.57 | 0.94 |
| 2017 | 1,537 | 133.60 | 2.32 | 37,689 | 60.33 | 0.94 | 199,059 | 60.80 | 0.95 |
| 2016 | 430 | 37.47 | 2.06 | 12,388 | 19.84 | 1.04 | 61,849 | 18.94 | 0.99 |
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Cwmbran Central Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Aug 2025
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cwmbran Central | 748 | 60.83 | - |
| Pillgwenlly | 647 | 54.63 | 10% safer |
| Blackwood | 368 | 42.19 | 31% safer |
| Ringland | 361 | 39.98 | 34% safer |
| Rhymney | 393 | 44.31 | 27% safer |
| Bettws | 316 | 36.97 | 39% safer |
| Tredegar | 635 | 41.49 | 32% safer |
| Liswerry | 612 | 41.79 | 31% safer |
| Bargoed | 508 | 40.12 | 34% safer |
| St. Julians | 368 | 37.02 | 39% safer |
Comparing Cwmbran Central to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Aug 2025
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cwmbran Central | 60.83 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 31% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 36% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 38% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 61% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 72% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 73% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 75% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 76% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 77% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 105% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Cwmbran Central's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Cwmbran Central that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Aug 2025.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Cwmbran Park | 4 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 9 |
| Parc Sgrialu Northfields | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Cwmbran Stadium Sports Centre | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 |
| Picwic Green | 2 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 1 |
Recent Crimes in Cwmbran Central
The 20 most recent crime reports in Cwmbran Central.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Ffordd Thorncliffe | |
| August 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Supermarket | |
| August 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Pen-Y-Waun Road | |
| August 2025 | Drugs | On or near Trem Twynbarlwm | |
| August 2025 | Other crime | On or near Supermarket | |
| August 2025 | Public order | On or near Bellvue Close | |
| August 2025 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| August 2025 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| August 2025 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| August 2025 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Parking Area | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shopping Area | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Redbrook Way | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Elan Walk | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Trem Twynbarlwm | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Parking Area | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Parking Area | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shopping Area | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shopping Area | |
| August 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Trem Twynbarlwm |
Methodology & Data Sources
Cwmbran Central Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Cwmbran Central during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Cwmbran Central Data Points
For Cwmbran Central, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value W04000982.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Cwmbran Central's daytime - or "workday" - population of 14,902 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Cwmbran Central