Crap Towns / Chepstow / Crime

How much crime is there in Chepstow?

The police recorded 82.6 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Chepstow from September 2023 to August 2026, 8% higher than the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 32.2. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 89.8, up from 79.5 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	79.5	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	78.4	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	89.8	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	32.2	34.1
Shoplifting	12.9	7.1
Public order	9.4	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	7.1	7.0
Other theft	6.6	5.4
Burglary	4.2	3.1
Vehicle crime	3.2	3.8
Drugs	3.1	2.4
Other crime	1.7	2.0
Possession of weapons	1.1	0.8
Robbery	0.7	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
Patchway	13.9 km	172
Filton	15.7 km	99.7
Coleford	17.8 km	85.2
Chepstow	–	82.6
Stoke Gifford	17.5 km	76.0
Caldicot	7.1 km	73.5
Lydney	14.2 km	65.9
Thornbury	12.0 km	54.3
Bradley Stoke	15.2 km	46.2
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	18.4 km	43.1
Undy and Magor	11.6 km	37.2
The typical town	–	76.2