Crap Towns / Abertillery / Crime

How much crime is there in Abertillery?

The police recorded 121 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Abertillery from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 56.6. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 118, down from 123 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	123	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	123	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	118	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	56.6	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	17.5	7.0
Public order	16.6	6.6
Shoplifting	7.1	7.1
Other theft	5.9	5.4
Vehicle crime	5.8	3.8
Burglary	4.2	3.1
Other crime	3.0	2.0
Drugs	2.6	2.4
Possession of weapons	1.1	0.8
Robbery	0.5	0.6
Theft from the person	0.2	0.4
Bicycle theft	0.1	0.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Tredegar	8.8 km	132
Abertillery	–	121
Blackwood	8.9 km	121
Brynmawr	7.3 km	119
Ebbw Vale	8.2 km	115
Blaenavon	5.4 km	111
Bargod	8.8 km	102
Pontypool	9.3 km	94.0
Abersychan	4.9 km	86.8
Newbridge	7.3 km	72.5
Oakdale	6.7 km	43.3
The typical town	–	76.2