Crime Statistics for Ebbw Vale, Argoed, Blaenau Gwent, 2024

There were a total of 133 street level crime incidents in Ebbw Vale in March 2024. 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 Ebbw Vale, 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 Crime60
Anti Social Behaviour17
Criminal Damage Arson13
Public Order11
Other Theft10
Burglary5
Shoplifting5
Other Crime4
Drugs3
Possession Of Weapons2
Vehicle Crime2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime133

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newchurch (0.62 miles)148
Beaufort (1.24 miles)140
Ebbw Vale133
Bryn-Mawr (1.76 miles)125
Georgetown (1.39 miles)97
Coedcae (1.86 miles)75
Coalbrookvale (1.86 miles)75
Ty Llwyn (0.88 miles)66
Briery Hill (0.62 miles)56
Garden Village (1.24 miles)20

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Where are the most violent places near Ebbw Vale?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Newchurch66
Beaufort63
Ebbw Vale60
Bryn-Mawr42
Georgetown41
Coedcae40
Coalbrookvale40
Briery Hill25
Ty Llwyn24
Garden Village6

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

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 Ebbw Vale 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 Ebbw Vale compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ebbw Vale South99
2Nantyglo99
3Tredegar Central and West99
4Ebbw Vale North99
5Brynmawr99
6Blaina98
7Cwm98
8Rassau98
9Beaufort98
10Georgetown97
11Badminton97

Which road in Ebbw Vale has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ebbw Vale with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Clos Pen y Cae.

Last updated: March 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0



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