Crime Statistics for Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Newport, City of Newport, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in September 2024. There were a total of 333 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 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, 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	139
Public Order	46
Anti Social Behaviour	39
Shoplifting	37
Criminal Damage Arson	30
Vehicle Crime	11
Burglary	10
Drugs	8
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	3
Other Theft	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	333

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 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. 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 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

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

Location	Crime Incidents
St Julians (1.7 miles)	667
Crindau (1.23 miles)	649
Barrack Hill (0.95 miles)	644
Brynglas (0.95 miles)	404
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal	291
Malpas (0.36 miles)	233
Bettws (0.53 miles)	168
Allt-yr-yn (1.61 miles)	135
Croes-y-mwyalch (0.95 miles)	127
Oakfield (1.61 miles)	63

Where are the most violent places near Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Barrack Hill	259
Crindau	209
St Julians	205
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal	139
Brynglas	133
Malpas	73
Bettws	61
Allt-yr-yn	54
Croes-y-mwyalch	45
Oakfield	33

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal?

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 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal 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 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Stow Hill	99
2	Bettws	99
3	Victoria	99
4	St. Julians	98
5	Gaer	98
6	Shaftesbury	98
7	Llantarnam	98
8	Allt-yr-yn	98
9	Beechwood	97
10	Malpas	96
11	Rogerstone	96

Which road in Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal has the highest level of crime?

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