Crime Statistics for Monnow, Overmonnow, Monmouthshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Monnow in August 2024. There were a total of 71 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 Monnow, 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 Crime24
Anti Social Behaviour12
Shoplifting12
Public Order8
Criminal Damage Arson7
Other Theft6
Drugs2
All Crime71

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Monnow. 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 Monnow

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

LocationCrime Incidents
May Hill (0.98 miles)77
Monnow71
Monmouth (Trefynwy) (0.81 miles)70
Kymin (1.43 miles)28
Mitchel Troy (2.16 miles)8
Redbrook (2.73 miles)7
Penallt (2.36 miles)5
Jingle Street (2.81 miles)2
Crocker’s Ash (2.46 miles)0
Buckholt (1.68 miles)0

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Where are the most violent places near Monnow?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
May Hill28
Monnow24
Monmouth (Trefynwy)23
Kymin17
Mitchel Troy4
Redbrook2
Penallt1
Jingle Street0
Crocker’s Ash0
Buckholt0

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

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 Monnow 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 Monnow compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Drybridge97
2Overmonnow97
3Wyesham96
4Mitchel Troy96
5Dixton with Osbaston96
6Trellech United94
7Coleford26
8Lydbrook12
9Newland & Sling10
10Berry Hill10
11Llangarron9

Which road in Monnow has the highest level of crime?

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

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