Crime Statistics for Briery Hill, Argoed, Blaenau Gwent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Briery Hill in September 2024. There were a total of 76 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Briery Hill, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime30
Criminal Damage Arson14
Anti Social Behaviour13
Public Order7
Other Theft4
Other Crime3
Vehicle Crime2
Drugs2
Shoplifting1
All Crime76

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 Briery Hill. 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 Briery Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newchurch (1.24 miles)170
Beaufort (1.86 miles)156
Ebbw Vale (0.62 miles)146
Georgetown (1.24 miles)131
Ty Llwyn (0.62 miles)126
Blaina (1.86 miles)83
Briery Hill76
Waun-Lwyd (1.39 miles)16
Garden Village (0.62 miles)9
Bedwellty Pits (1.39 miles)1

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Where are the most violent places near Briery Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ty Llwyn108
Newchurch73
Ebbw Vale58
Beaufort57
Georgetown53
Briery Hill30
Blaina29
Waun-Lwyd14
Garden Village2
Bedwellty Pits1

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

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 Briery Hill 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 Briery Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Briery Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Briery Hill have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Badminton.

#WardScore
1Ebbw Vale South99
2Nantyglo99
3Tredegar Central and West99
4Ebbw Vale North99
5Moriah99
6Blaina98
7Cwm98
8Rassau98
9Beaufort98
10Georgetown97
11Badminton97

Which road in Briery Hill has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Briery Hill with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Clos Pen y Cae.

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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