Crap Towns / Ebbw Vale / Crime

How much crime is there in Ebbw Vale?

The police recorded 115 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Ebbw Vale from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.5 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 51.3. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 114, down 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	114	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	114	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	51.3	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	17.1	7.0
Public order	14.2	6.6
Other theft	7.5	5.4
Vehicle crime	7.2	3.8
Shoplifting	5.0	7.1
Burglary	4.2	3.1
Other crime	4.0	2.0
Drugs	2.1	2.4
Possession of weapons	1.0	0.8
Robbery	0.5	0.6
Bicycle theft	0.3	0.5
Theft from the person	0.3	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Tredegar	2.6 km	132
Abertillery	8.2 km	121
Blackwood	14.0 km	121
Brynmawr	3.0 km	119
Ebbw Vale	–	115
Blaenavon	9.2 km	111
Abergavenny	13.9 km	110
Merthyr Tydfil	12.2 km	110
Bargod	11.7 km	102
Abersychan	12.2 km	86.8
Oakdale	12.9 km	43.3
The typical town	–	76.2