Photo: Alf Beard · CC0Llanfoist stands out for other theft: 12.5 times the rate of a typical town its size
Among the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, it records less crime per resident than 9%. Even so, recorded violence fell 14% in a year. Overall, it grades C− for safety. Each year brought 36.2 violent and sexual offences and 14.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Llanfoist
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 14% less violent crime per resident in Llanfoist than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The C− for Llanfoist, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 304 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Llanfoist against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Llanfoist runs highest on other theft (31.4 per 1,000 against 2.5), public order (8.5 per 1,000 against 2.4) and anti-social behaviour (13.5 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 64 | 31.9 | 16.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 63 | 31.4 | 2.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 27 | 13.5 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 17 | 8.5 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 15 | 7.5 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 6 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How Llanfoist compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 331 | Marshfield Gwent | 2,386 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 351 | Govilon Gwent | 1,342 | 13.2 | 4 | 3.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 571 | Caer-went Gwent | 1,523 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 2.2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 643 | Portskewett Gwent | 1,627 | 18 | 3.7 | 1.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 1595 | Goodwick Dyfed | 2,017 | 37.9 | 12.1 | 4.8 | C− |
| 1596 | Fishburn County Durham | 2,387 | 33.1 | 17.2 | 11.7 | C− |
| 1597 | Bettws Mid Glamorgan | 2,237 | 44 | 6.4 | 3.9 | C− |
| 1598 | Llanfoist Gwent | 2,007 | 36.2 | 14.3 | 31.9 | C− |
| 1599 | Craven Arms Shropshire | 2,563 | 42.4 | 8.3 | 9.6 | C− |
| 1600 | Malpas Cheshire | 1,361 | 40.2 | 10.5 | 5.9 | C− |
| 1601 | Hall Green West Yorkshire | 2,307 | 39.2 | 11.6 | 4.5 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1764 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Llanfoist, and others in Gwent.
How crime in Llanfoist has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -14% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -10% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft +13% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour -10% (towns its size -1%).
Crime in Llanfoist per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 36 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 70% of Llanfoist’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 10% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (68% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 3% of violent and 4% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 100 crimes.
No one died in a collision on Llanfoist’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Llanfoist in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Llanfoist is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Llanfoist’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Llanfoist had 1.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Llanfoist’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Llanfoist
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanfoist | 2,007 | 36.2 | 14.3 | C− |
| Abergavenny | 13,689 | 47.5 | 20.8 | D |
| Govilon | 1,342 | 13.2 | 4 | A |
| Gilwern | 2,184 | 20.2 | 7.9 | B |
| Blaenavon | 5,637 | 58.2 | 23.5 | D− |
| Penperlleni | 1,396 | 18.2 | 5 | A− |
| Crickhowell | 2,108 | 23.3 | 5.9 | B |
| Abersychan | 7,495 | 45 | 19.5 | D |
Llanfoist records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Govilon, 1.6 miles away, records 13.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Llanfoist’s 36.2.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Llanfoist sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Llanfoist
Is Llanfoist safe?
Police recorded 36.2 violent and sexual offences and 14.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Llanfoist’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 21% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Llanfoist has less crime per resident than 9%.
Is crime going up in Llanfoist?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 14%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 10%, shoplifting and theft rose 13% and anti-social behaviour fell 10%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Llanfoist?
Violence & sexual offences: 64 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (63) and public order (17), with 27 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Llanfoist compare with Pontypool?
Pontypool records 47 violent and sexual offences and 18.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Llanfoist’s 36.2 and 14.3, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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