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Recorded crime: Gwent Police 12 months to June 2026
118.1recorded offences per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 71,018 offences in the Gwent Police area in the 12 months to June 2026, down 0.2% (140) on the previous 12 months. That is 118.1 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk street-level crime archive force population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 601,557 Since 2011 Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 50 100 2015 2020 2025 Year to June 2012: 114.1 per 1,000 residents · 65,932 offences · population mid-2012 Year to June 2013: 95.4 per 1,000 residents · 55,101 offences · population mid-2013 Year to June 2014: 101 per 1,000 residents · 58,410 offences · population mid-2014 Year to June 2015: 109.6 per 1,000 residents · 63,363 offences · population mid-2015 Year to June 2016: 106.8 per 1,000 residents · 61,915 offences · population mid-2016 Year to June 2017: 105.2 per 1,000 residents · 61,124 offences · population mid-2017 Year to June 2018: 100.1 per 1,000 residents · 58,342 offences · population mid-2018 Year to June 2019: 103.7 per 1,000 residents · 60,616 offences · population mid-2019 Year to June 2020: 112.9 per 1,000 residents · 66,283 offences · population mid-2020 Year to June 2021: 107.2 per 1,000 residents · 63,038 offences · population mid-2021 Year to June 2022: 100.2 per 1,000 residents · 59,299 offences · population mid-2022 Year to June 2023: 104 per 1,000 residents · 62,122 offences · population mid-2023 Year to June 2024: 114.3 per 1,000 residents · 68,652 offences · population mid-2024 Year to June 2025: 118.3 per 1,000 residents · 71,158 offences · population mid-2025 Year to June 2026: 118.1 per 1,000 residents · 71,018 offences · population mid-2025
Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Monthly trend Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 3k 5k 8k 2010 2015 2020 2025 December 2010: 6,258 offences January 2011: 6,544 offences February 2011: 5,349 offences March 2011: 6,381 offences April 2011: 5,981 offences May 2011: 5,151 offences June 2011: 6,810 offences July 2011: 7,697 offences August 2011: 7,419 offences September 2011: 6,210 offences October 2011: 6,178 offences November 2011: 5,477 offences December 2011: 4,603 offences January 2012: 4,859 offences February 2012: 4,762 offences March 2012: 5,354 offences April 2012: 4,373 offences May 2012: 4,817 offences June 2012: 4,183 offences July 2012: 5,076 offences August 2012: 5,270 offences September 2012: 4,952 offences October 2012: 4,786 offences November 2012: 4,394 offences December 2012: 3,726 offences January 2013: 4,106 offences February 2013: 3,996 offences March 2013: 4,546 offences April 2013: 4,599 offences May 2013: 4,714 offences June 2013: 4,936 offences July 2013: 5,786 offences August 2013: 3,900 offences September 2013: 4,843 offences October 2013: 4,743 offences November 2013: 4,522 offences December 2013: 4,194 offences January 2014: 4,102 offences February 2014: 4,104 offences March 2014: 5,252 offences April 2014: 5,368 offences May 2014: 5,574 offences June 2014: 6,022 offences July 2014: 6,324 offences August 2014: 5,588 offences September 2014: 5,825 offences October 2014: 5,815 offences November 2014: 5,367 offences December 2014: 4,763 offences January 2015: 3,951 offences February 2015: 4,371 offences March 2015: 4,843 offences April 2015: 5,367 offences May 2015: 5,358 offences June 2015: 5,791 offences July 2015: 5,942 offences August 2015: 5,547 offences September 2015: 5,363 offences October 2015: 5,597 offences November 2015: 5,090 offences December 2015: 4,825 offences January 2016: 4,651 offences February 2016: 4,612 offences March 2016: 3,960 offences April 2016: 4,833 offences May 2016: 5,590 offences June 2016: 5,905 offences July 2016: 5,771 offences August 2016: 5,863 offences September 2016: 5,568 offences October 2016: 5,606 offences November 2016: 5,345 offences December 2016: 4,731 offences January 2017: 4,102 offences February 2017: 4,095 offences March 2017: 4,678 offences April 2017: 5,184 offences May 2017: 5,164 offences June 2017: 5,017 offences July 2017: 5,150 offences August 2017: 5,136 offences September 2017: 4,621 offences October 2017: 5,073 offences November 2017: 4,835 offences December 2017: 4,308 offences January 2018: 4,648 offences February 2018: 4,182 offences March 2018: 4,491 offences April 2018: 4,883 offences May 2018: 5,464 offences June 2018: 5,551 offences July 2018: 6,187 offences August 2018: 5,172 offences September 2018: 4,782 offences October 2018: 5,231 offences November 2018: 4,748 offences December 2018: 4,609 offences January 2019: 4,802 offences February 2019: 4,640 offences March 2019: 5,113 offences April 2019: 5,118 offences May 2019: 5,187 offences June 2019: 5,027 offences July 2019: 5,739 offences August 2019: 4,949 offences September 2019: 5,060 offences October 2019: 5,092 offences November 2019: 4,812 offences December 2019: 4,347 offences January 2020: 4,581 offences February 2020: 4,561 offences March 2020: 4,965 offences April 2020: 8,518 offences May 2020: 7,683 offences June 2020: 5,976 offences July 2020: 5,784 offences August 2020: 5,385 offences September 2020: 5,425 offences October 2020: 5,255 offences November 2020: 4,985 offences December 2020: 4,401 offences January 2021: 5,527 offences February 2021: 5,023 offences March 2021: 5,608 offences April 2021: 5,407 offences May 2021: 5,031 offences June 2021: 5,207 offences July 2021: 5,209 offences August 2021: 4,726 offences September 2021: 4,739 offences October 2021: 4,761 offences November 2021: 5,079 offences December 2021: 4,546 offences January 2022: 4,839 offences February 2022: 4,532 offences March 2022: 5,217 offences April 2022: 5,340 offences May 2022: 5,146 offences June 2022: 5,165 offences July 2022: 5,388 offences August 2022: 5,480 offences September 2022: 5,200 offences October 2022: 5,323 offences November 2022: 5,064 offences December 2022: 4,445 offences January 2023: 4,733 offences February 2023: 5,237 offences March 2023: 5,255 offences April 2023: 5,282 offences May 2023: 5,128 offences June 2023: 5,587 offences July 2023: 5,120 offences August 2023: 5,286 offences September 2023: 5,309 offences October 2023: 6,245 offences November 2023: 5,598 offences December 2023: 5,258 offences January 2024: 5,560 offences February 2024: 5,378 offences March 2024: 5,940 offences April 2024: 6,118 offences May 2024: 6,566 offences June 2024: 6,274 offences July 2024: 6,744 offences August 2024: 6,166 offences September 2024: 5,923 offences October 2024: 6,093 offences November 2024: 5,930 offences December 2024: 5,348 offences January 2025: 5,318 offences February 2025: 5,324 offences March 2025: 6,361 offences April 2025: 6,016 offences May 2025: 6,068 offences June 2025: 5,867 offences July 2025: 6,593 offences August 2025: 6,399 offences September 2025: 5,616 offences October 2025: 5,790 offences November 2025: 5,638 offences December 2025: 5,388 offences January 2026: 5,503 offences February 2026: 5,255 offences March 2026: 6,121 offences April 2026: 6,153 offences May 2026: 6,253 offences June 2026: 6,309 offences
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviour Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Official figures for this area Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.
Series Latest A year earlier Published Arrests for notifiable offences Year ending March 2025 · arrests 158 — 2026-08-19 Homicides (Homicide Index) Year ending March 2025 · offences 3 3 Year ending March 2025 Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument Year ending March 2026 · offences 352 385 Year ending March 2026 Police officers (full-time equivalent) Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE) 1,552 1,549 As at 31 March 2026 Police officers per 100,000 population Year ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population 258 — As at 31 March 2026 Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 6,966 6,893 Year ending March 2026 Drug offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,823 1,808 Year ending March 2026 Possession of weapons (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 533 456 Year ending March 2026 Public order offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 7,188 7,359 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population 94.7 — Year ending March 2026 Robbery (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 427 324 Year ending March 2026 Sexual offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 2,338 2,067 Year ending March 2026 Theft offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 13,218 14,135 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences 56,970 57,822 Year ending March 2026 Violence against the person (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 22,424 22,971 Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025 Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour 0 2 4 6 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Year ending March 2015: 6 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2016: 4 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2017: 2 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2018: 7 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2019: 2 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2020: 6 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2021: 4 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2022: 4 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2023: 6 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2024: 3 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2025: 3 offences · published 5 February 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 100 200 300 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2011: 172 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 98 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 65 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 78 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 176 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 107 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 130 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 164 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 197 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 316 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 321 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 284 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 370 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 356 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 385 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 352 offences · published 23 July 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026 Labour Labour Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 500 1k 2k 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2007: 1,493 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2008: 1,487 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2009: 1,438 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2010: 1,437 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2011: 1,501 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 1,446 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 1,377 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 1,330 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 1,229 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 1,127 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 1,178 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 1,267 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 1,308 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 1,311 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 1,362 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 1,430 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 1,526 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 1,529 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 1,549 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 1,552 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026
Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value By category, 12 months to June 2026 Category Offences Previous 12 months Change Per 1,000 England & Wales per 1,000 Violence and sexual offences 25,686 25,781 ▼ 0.4% 42.7 34.7 Anti-social behaviour (not a crime) 12,684 12,326 ▲ 2.9% 21.1 15.3 Public order 7,297 7,572 ▼ 3.6% 12.1 6.8 Criminal damage and arson 6,928 7,010 ▼ 1.2% 11.5 6.9 Shoplifting 4,344 4,641 ▼ 6.4% 7.2 8.3 Other theft 3,474 3,779 ▼ 8.1% 5.8 6.5 Vehicle crime 3,093 2,608 ▲ 18.6% 5.1 5.0 Burglary 2,442 2,144 ▲ 13.9% 4.1 3.6 Other crime 1,903 1,972 ▼ 3.5% 3.2 2.2 Drugs 1,656 1,898 ▼ 12.8% 2.8 3.4 Possession of weapons 714 617 ▲ 15.7% 1.2 1.0 Robbery 445 352 ▲ 26.4% 0.7 1.4 Bicycle theft 220 274 ▼ 19.7% 0.4 0.8 Theft from the person 132 184 ▼ 28.3% 0.2 1.7 Public disorder and weapons 0 0 — 0.0 0.0 Violent crime 0 0 — 0.0 0.0
Local authorities in this force area Blaenau Gwent 9,784 offences 144.7per 1,000 Caerphilly 18,535 offences 105.3per 1,000 Monmouthshire 7,528 offences 79.0per 1,000 Newport 22,403 offences 132.9per 1,000 Torfaen 11,667 offences 124.2per 1,000 Important caveat Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.
Source Data data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.Population ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities. Geography W15000002 Rate offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place. Method Methodology