Postcode · Blackwood
Crime in NP12 0FA
How much crime is recorded in NP12 0FA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oakdale & Pen-twyn
- Council
- Caerphilly
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,669 (2024)
NP12 0FABlackwood
How safe is NP12 0FA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 35.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NP12 0FA area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
60
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
NP12 0FANational
Violence and sexual offences31.623.6
Anti-social behaviour11.410.7
Burglary7.89.1
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Public order4.04.6
Other theft3.34.5
Other crime1.01.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Vehicle crime0.53.5
Drugs0.52.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 30% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.