Crime Statistics for Garnlydan, Rassau, Blaenau Gwent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Garnlydan 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 Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Garnlydan, 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	34
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Public Order	10
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Other Theft	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Shoplifting	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	3
Other Crime	2
Burglary	2
Bicycle Theft	1
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 Garnlydan. 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 Garnlydan

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newchurch (1.24 miles)	170
Beaufort (0.62 miles)	156
Ebbw Vale (1.86 miles)	146
Dukestown (2.24 miles)	135
Ashvale (2.24 miles)	135
Bryn-Mawr (1.39 miles)	130
Clydach Terrace (1.39 miles)	97
Garnlydan	90
Rassau (0.62 miles)	52
Blaen-y-cwm (1.96 miles)	50

Where are the most violent places near Garnlydan?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newchurch	73
Ebbw Vale	58
Beaufort	57
Dukestown	54
Ashvale	54
Bryn-Mawr	54
Clydach Terrace	41
Garnlydan	34
Blaen-y-cwm	20
Rassau	16

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

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 Garnlydan 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 Garnlydan compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Garnlydan and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Garnlydan have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Ebbw Vale South.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ebbw Vale South	99
2	Nantyglo	99
3	Tredegar Central and West	99
4	Ebbw Vale North	99
5	Brynmawr	99
6	Sirhowy	98
7	Blaina	98
8	Rassau	98
9	Beaufort	98
10	Georgetown	97
11	Badminton	97

Which road in Garnlydan has the highest level of crime?

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