Crime Statistics for Portskewett, Monmouthshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Portskewett in September 2024. There were a total of 208 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 Portskewett, 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	96
Anti Social Behaviour	48
Other Theft	24
Drugs	12
Public Order	8
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Theft From The Person	4
Shoplifting	4
All Crime	208

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 Portskewett. 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 Portskewett

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Caldicot (1.24 miles)	114
Portskewett	104
Caerwent Brook (1.39 miles)	81
Bulwark (3.51 miles)	59
Crick (1.39 miles)	29
Highmoor Hill (1.96 miles)	23
New Passage (3.34 miles)	10
Newton Green (2.24 miles)	8
Caerwent (2.24 miles)	5
Mathern (2.63 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Portskewett?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Portskewett	96
Caldicot	36
Caerwent Brook	32
Bulwark	30
Crick	19
Highmoor Hill	6
New Passage	3
Caerwent	3
Mathern	3
Newton Green	2

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

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 Portskewett 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 Portskewett compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Thornwell	97
2	Rogiet	97
3	St. Christopher's	96
4	Dewstow	96
5	Severn	96
6	West End	96
7	Green Lane	96
8	Caldicot Castle	96
9	The Elms	95
10	Caerwent	95
11	Portskewett	94

Which road in Portskewett has the highest level of crime?

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