Postcode · Pontypool
Crime in NP4 5RY
How much crime is recorded in NP4 5RY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pontypool
- Council
- Torfaen
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,472 (2024)
NP4 5RYPontypool
How safe is NP4 5RY
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 39.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NP4 5RY 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
39.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
83
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).
NP4 5RYNational
Violence and sexual offences33.223.6
Anti-social behaviour23.310.7
Burglary12.39.1
Criminal damage and arson8.84.7
Public order5.54.6
Other crime2.51.5
Other theft2.34.5
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Drugs1.12.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% 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.