Crime Statistics for Cwmynyscoy, Pontypool, Torfaen, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Cwmynyscoy in September 2024. There were a total of 76 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cwmynyscoy, 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	38
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Public Order	8
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Vehicle Crime	3
Drugs	3
Burglary	2
Other Theft	2
Robbery	1
Theft From The Person	1
Other Crime	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	76

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 Cwmynyscoy. 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 Cwmynyscoy

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pontnewynydd (1.39 miles)	176
Lower New Inn (1.39 miles)	156
Cwm-Fields (0.62 miles)	127
Pontypool (0.62 miles)	127
Pontymoel (0.88 miles)	114
Griffithstown (0.62 miles)	109
New Inn (1.24 miles)	102
Cwmynyscoy	76
Lower Race (0.88 miles)	67
Old Furnace (1.39 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Cwmynyscoy?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Pontnewynydd	84
Lower New Inn	72
Griffithstown	50
Cwm-Fields	48
Pontypool	48
New Inn	48
Pontymoel	43
Cwmynyscoy	38
Lower Race	22
Old Furnace	1

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

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 Cwmynyscoy 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 Cwmynyscoy compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cwmynyscoy and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Cwmynyscoy is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Pontypool	99
2	St. Cadocs and Penygarn	99
3	Brynwern	99
4	Cwmyniscoy	99
5	St. Dials	99
6	Snatchwood	99
7	Upper Cwmbran	98
8	Pontnewydd	98
9	Pontnewynydd	98
10	Panteg	97
11	New Inn	96

Which road in Cwmynyscoy has the highest level of crime?

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