Crime Statistics for Blackwood, Caerphilly, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackwood in September 2024. There were a total of 643 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackwood, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	260
Public Order	116
Anti Social Behaviour	76
Shoplifting	64
Criminal Damage Arson	48
Vehicle Crime	32
Other Theft	20
Burglary	8
Drugs	8
Other Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	4
All Crime	643

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blackwood. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Blackwood

We've taken the ten nearest places to Blackwood and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Blackwood has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackwood	322
Oakdale (0.88 miles)	196
Cwm Gelli (0.62 miles)	172
Coed Duon (Blackwood)	161
Penmaen (0.62 miles)	136
Rhymney (1.28 miles)	121
Pengam (1.24 miles)	112
Pontllanfraith (0.88 miles)	107
Penllwyn (1.24 miles)	61
Fairoak (1.24 miles)	50

Where are the most violent places near Blackwood?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Blackwood and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackwood	260
Oakdale	148
Cwm Gelli	95
Pengam	77
Coed Duon (Blackwood)	65
Rhymney	55
Penmaen	51
Pontllanfraith	39
Penllwyn	27
Fairoak	18

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blackwood?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Blackwood to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Blackwood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackwood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blackwood is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bargoed	99
2	Aberbargoed	99
3	Cefn Fforest	98
4	Pengam	98
5	Gilfach	98
6	Hengoed	98
7	Blackwood	98
8	Argoed	98
9	Pontllanfraith	97
10	Crumlin	97
11	Penmaen	96

Which road in Blackwood has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Blackwood with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around High Street.