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Crime in NP6

How much crime is recorded in NP6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Monmouthshire
Region
Wales
Population
15,912 (2024)
Crime

How safe is NP6

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in NP6, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
22.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

NP6National
Violence and sexual offences16.423.6
Burglary12.59.1
Anti-social behaviour11.510.7
Shoplifting8.08.4
Public order5.64.6
Criminal damage and arson5.54.7
Other theft5.14.5
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Drugs1.92.4
Other crime1.51.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Robbery0.61.4
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Theft from the person0.22.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has risen 13% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates use each neighbourhood's latest twelve published months, which end between January 2026 and August 2026 because police forces publish on different schedules.

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