Crap Towns / Brynmawr / Crime

How much crime is there in Brynmawr?

The police recorded 119 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Brynmawr from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 54.3. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 136, up from 115 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	115	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	105	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	136	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	54.3	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	19.6	7.0
Public order	15.4	6.6
Shoplifting	6.8	7.1
Other theft	5.8	5.4
Vehicle crime	4.7	3.8
Burglary	3.9	3.1
Other crime	3.2	2.0
Drugs	2.6	2.4
Possession of weapons	1.2	0.8
Robbery	0.6	0.6
Bicycle theft	0.5	0.5
Theft from the person	0.4	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Tredegar	5.5 km	132
Abertillery	7.3 km	121
Blackwood	14.8 km	121
Brynmawr	–	119
Ebbw Vale	3.0 km	115
Blaenavon	6.8 km	111
Abergavenny	11.0 km	110
Bargod	13.1 km	102
Abersychan	10.4 km	86.8
Newbridge	14.3 km	72.5
Oakdale	13.2 km	43.3
The typical town	–	76.2