Crime Statistics for Abersychan, Varteg, Torfaen, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Abersychan in October 2024. There were a total of 62 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 Abersychan, 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	21
Public Order	12
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Theft	2
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	62

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pontnewynydd (1.39 miles)	174
Talywain (0.62 miles)	107
Lower Race (1.96 miles)	100
Cwm Ffrwd-oer (1.24 miles)	88
Garndiffaith (1.24 miles)	63
Abersychan	62
Cwmavon (1.96 miles)	44
Golynos (0.88 miles)	34
British (0.62 miles)	13
Old Furnace (1.86 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Abersychan?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Pontnewynydd	76
Cwm Ffrwd-oer	68
Talywain	51
Lower Race	41
Garndiffaith	32
Cwmavon	26
Abersychan	21
Golynos	14
Old Furnace	6
British	1

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

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 Abersychan 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 Abersychan compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Abersychan and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Abersychan is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Trevethin	99
2	St. Cadocs and Penygarn	99
3	Brynwern	99
4	Cwmyniscoy	99
5	Snatchwood	99
6	Abertillery	99
7	Blaenavon	99
8	Six Bells	98
9	Abersychan	98
10	Pontnewynydd	98
11	Wainfelin	98

Which road in Abersychan has the highest level of crime?

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