Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Raglan records vehicle crime at 6.1 times the rate of a typical town its size
Of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, 34% record more crime per resident. Overall, Raglan grades B for safety: close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Behind the grade sit 18.7 violent and sexual offences and 11.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Raglan
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Raglan has the 825th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Llangeinor, Mevagissey and High Littleton, higher than Porlock, Niton and Flore. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: B for Raglan
A fairly firm grade. Built on 107 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Raglan 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, Raglan runs highest on vehicle crime (9.4 per 1,000 against 1.5), public order (8.5 per 1,000 against 2.4) and violence & sexual offences (23.8 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 28 | 23.8 | 16.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 11 | 9.4 | 1.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 8.5 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 8 | 6.8 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 5 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 5 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
Raglan against towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 281 | Govilon Gwent | 1,342 | 13.2 | 4 | 3.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 440 | Caer-went Gwent | 1,523 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 2.2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 496 | Portskewett Gwent | 1,627 | 18 | 3.7 | 1.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 552 | Penperlleni Gwent | 1,396 | 18.2 | 5 | 1.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 822 | Porlock Somerset | 1,178 | 24.1 | 6.2 | 5.1 | B |
| 823 | Niton Isle of Wight | 1,199 | 18.9 | 11.4 | 1.7 | B |
| 824 | Flore Northamptonshire | 1,452 | 17.7 | 12.6 | 3.2 | B |
| 825 | Raglan Gwent | 1,176 | 18.7 | 11.6 | 3.7 | B |
| 826 | Wickwar Gloucestershire | 1,701 | 22.9 | 7.5 | 3.2 | B |
| 827 | Stanhope County Durham | 1,575 | 21.8 | 8.7 | 3 | B |
| 828 | Walkern Hertfordshire | 1,367 | 22.2 | 8.3 | 2.7 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | 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 Raglan, and others in Gwent.
Crime in Raglan 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 16 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
28 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 17 the year before
“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).
No one died in a collision on Raglan’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 2 collisions with injuries inside Raglan in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Raglan is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Raglan’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; Raglan 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 Raglan’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Raglan
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raglan | 1,176 | 18.7 | 11.6 | B |
| Usk | 2,310 | 18.5 | 8.1 | B+ |
| Penperlleni | 1,396 | 18.2 | 5 | A− |
| Monmouth | 10,330 | 32.9 | 11.3 | C |
| Llanfoist | 2,007 | 36.2 | 14.3 | C− |
| Abergavenny | 13,689 | 47.5 | 20.8 | D |
| Pontypool | 29,070 | 47 | 18.7 | D |
| Abersychan | 7,495 | 45 | 19.5 | D |
Raglan records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Usk, 4.7 miles away, records 18.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Raglan’s 18.7.
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 Raglan 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 Raglan
Is Raglan safe?
Police recorded 18.7 violent and sexual offences and 11.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Raglan’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 55% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Raglan is 825th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Raglan?
Police recorded 28 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 17 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Raglan?
Violence & sexual offences: 28 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (11) and public order (10), with 5 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Raglan compare with Cwmbrân?
Cwmbrân records 50.5 violent and sexual offences and 19.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Raglan’s 18.7 and 11.6, 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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