Postcode sector · Cwmbran
Crime in NP44 6
How much crime is recorded in NP44 6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Torfaen
- Region
- Wales
- Population
- 8,899 (2024)
How safe is NP44 6
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 29.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in NP44 6, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
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).
NP44 6National
Violence and sexual offences21.623.6
Anti-social behaviour10.610.7
Burglary9.09.1
Criminal damage and arson5.44.7
Vehicle crime4.83.5
Public order4.34.6
Other theft2.94.5
Other crime2.41.5
Shoplifting1.28.4
Drugs1.12.4
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 7% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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- NP44 6EA
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- NP44 6ED
- NP44 6EE
- NP44 6EH
- NP44 6EJ
- NP44 6EL
- NP44 6EN
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- NP44 6ER
- NP44 6ES
- NP44 6ET
- NP44 6EU
- NP44 6EW
- NP44 6EX
- NP44 6EY
- NP44 6EZ
- NP44 6HA
- NP44 6HB
- NP44 6HD
- NP44 6HE
- NP44 6HF
- NP44 6HG
- NP44 6HH
- NP44 6HJ
- NP44 6HL
- NP44 6HN
- NP44 6HP
- NP44 6HQ
- NP44 6HR
- NP44 6HS
- NP44 6HT
- NP44 6HU
- NP44 6HW
- NP44 6HX
- NP44 6HY
- NP44 6HZ
- NP44 6JA
- NP44 6JB
- NP44 6JD
- NP44 6JE
- NP44 6JF
- NP44 6JG
- NP44 6JH
- NP44 6JJ
- NP44 6JL
- NP44 6JN