Crap Towns / Tredegar / Crime

How much crime is there in Tredegar?

The police recorded 132 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Tredegar from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.7 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 58.5. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 141, up from 129 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	129	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	127	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	141	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	58.5	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	19.4	7.0
Public order	18.0	6.6
Other theft	8.3	5.4
Vehicle crime	7.9	3.8
Shoplifting	5.3	7.1
Burglary	5.0	3.1
Other crime	3.9	2.0
Drugs	3.4	2.4
Possession of weapons	1.5	0.8
Robbery	0.5	0.6
Bicycle theft	0.5	0.5
Theft from the person	0.2	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Tredegar	–	132
Abertillery	8.8 km	121
Blackwood	12.9 km	121
Brynmawr	5.5 km	119
Ebbw Vale	2.6 km	115
Blaenavon	11.1 km	111
Merthyr Tydfil	9.7 km	110
Bargod	10.2 km	102
Abersychan	13.4 km	86.8
Treharris	13.8 km	46.7
Oakdale	12.3 km	43.3
The typical town	–	76.2