Postcode · Blackwood
Crime in NP12 3UP
How much crime is recorded in NP12 3UP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pengam & Cefn Fforest
- Council
- Caerphilly
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,847 (2024)
NP12 3UPBlackwood
How safe is NP12 3UP
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 38.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NP12 3UP 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
38.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
76
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 3UPNational
Violence and sexual offences30.623.6
Anti-social behaviour9.010.7
Burglary8.49.1
Criminal damage and arson8.34.7
Other crime6.51.5
Public order5.34.6
Other theft4.74.5
Vehicle crime4.63.5
Drugs3.22.4
Shoplifting0.68.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 12% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.