Crime Statistics for Newchurch, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Newchurch in September 2024. There were a total of 170 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 Newchurch, 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	73
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Public Order	18
Drugs	8
Shoplifting	6
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Burglary	2
Other Theft	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	170

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 Newchurch. 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 Newchurch

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newchurch	170
Beaufort (0.62 miles)	156
Ebbw Vale (0.62 miles)	146
Ashvale (1.86 miles)	135
Georgetown (1.75 miles)	131
Bryn-Mawr (1.39 miles)	130
Ty Llwyn (1.39 miles)	126
Garnlydan (1.24 miles)	90
Briery Hill (1.24 miles)	76
Rassau (1.39 miles)	52

Where are the most violent places near Newchurch?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ty Llwyn	108
Newchurch	73
Ebbw Vale	58
Beaufort	57
Ashvale	54
Bryn-Mawr	54
Georgetown	53
Garnlydan	34
Briery Hill	30
Rassau	16

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

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 Newchurch 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 Newchurch compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Newchurch and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Newchurch is ranked #4.

#	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	Cwm	98
8	Rassau	98
9	Beaufort	98
10	Georgetown	97
11	Badminton	97

Which road in Newchurch has the highest level of crime?

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