Crime Statistics for Cwm-celyn, Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Cwm-celyn in September 2024. There were a total of 90 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cwm-celyn, 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	30
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Public Order	12
Other Crime	4
Shoplifting	4
Drugs	4
Other Theft	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	90

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 Cwm-celyn. 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 Cwm-celyn

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bryn-Mawr (2.24 miles)	130
Ty Llwyn (1.86 miles)	126
Cwmtillery (1.96 miles)	106
Cwm-celyn	87
Blaina (0.62 miles)	83
Coedcae (0.88 miles)	79
Coalbrookvale (0.88 miles)	57
Waun-Lwyd (2.24 miles)	16
Cwm (2.24 miles)	13
Garn-yr-erw (2.24 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Cwm-celyn?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ty Llwyn	108
Bryn-Mawr	54
Coedcae	46
Cwmtillery	37
Coalbrookvale	35
Cwm-celyn	30
Blaina	29
Waun-Lwyd	14
Cwm	5
Garn-yr-erw	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Cwm-celyn?

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 Cwm-celyn 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 Cwm-celyn compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ebbw Vale South	99
2	Nantyglo	99
3	Ebbw Vale North	99
4	Brynmawr	99
5	Abertillery	99
6	Cwmtillery	98
7	Blaina	98
8	Six Bells	98
9	Cwm	98
10	Beaufort	98
11	Badminton	97

Which road in Cwm-celyn has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Cwm-celyn with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.