Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Less crime per resident is recorded in Undy and Magor than in 71% of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people
Year on year, 18.6 violent and sexual offences and 8.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 1,000 residents. Criminal damage & arson stands out: 7.3 per 1,000 residents in Undy and Magor, against 4.5 in a typical town its size, with 42 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Undy and Magor
Less crime than many places its size
Of 628 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, Undy and Magor has the 158th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Linton, Crumlin and Ottery St Mary, higher than Midhurst, Billinge and Earls Barton. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 12% more violent crime per resident in Undy and Magor than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 48% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Undy and Magor: B+ for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 458 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Undy and Magor against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How Undy and Magor’s neighbourhoods rank in Wales
72% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Wales’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The community safety domain scores recorded crime, anti-social behaviour and fire incidents where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Undy and Magor’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (community safety domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of Wales’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Violent crime up 12% in a year, while towns its size held steady
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 +12% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +48% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -33% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour +19% (towns its size +0%).
Undy and Magor places 158th of 628 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 155 | Midhurst West Sussex | 5,366 | 17.6 | 9 | 5.3 | B+ |
| 156 | Billinge Merseyside | 4,963 | 19.5 | 7.1 | 3.6 | B+ |
| 157 | Earls Barton Northamptonshire | 6,067 | 19.7 | 6.9 | 4.6 | B+ |
| 158 | Undy and Magor Gwent | 5,742 | 18.6 | 8 | 4.1 | B+ |
| 159 | Ruskington Lincolnshire | 5,650 | 20 | 6.8 | 3.8 | B+ |
| 160 | Whitehill Hampshire | 5,178 | 18.9 | 8 | 1.9 | B |
| 161 | Randalstown Antrim and Newtownabbey | 5,151 | 18.5 | 8.4 | 4 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 183 | Rogerstone Gwent | 7,546 | 17.5 | 10.1 | 9.6 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 299 | Oakdale Gwent | 6,126 | 24.1 | 9 | 3.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 459 | Nelson Gwent | 4,235 | 28 | 16.3 | 6.7 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 523 | Newbridge Gwent | 7,582 | 36.2 | 15.9 | 5.4 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 628 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | 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 Undy and Magor, and others in Gwent.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Undy and Magor runs highest on criminal damage & arson (7.3 per 1,000 against 4.5) and public order (5.1 per 1,000 against 3.6). Other theft sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 114 | 19.9 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 51 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 42 | 7.3 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 29 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 13 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 9 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 8 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 7 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 2 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Police in Undy and Magor identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 63% of Undy and Magor’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 9% 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 2% of violent and 0% 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. 136 crimes.
Crime in Undy and Magor 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 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Undy and Magor’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 7 collisions with injuries inside Undy and Magor in five years. 6 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Undy and Magor is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Undy and Magor’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 5 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Undy and Magor had 6.
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 Undy and Magor’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Undy and Magor
Undy and Magor records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Caer-went, 3.2 miles away, records 14.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Undy and Magor’s 18.6.
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 Undy and Magor 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 Undy and Magor
Is Undy and Magor safe?
Police recorded 18.6 violent and sexual offences and 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Undy and Magor’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 65% of UK towns. Among 628 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, Undy and Magor is 158th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Undy and Magor?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 12%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 48%, shoplifting and theft fell 33% and anti-social behaviour rose 19%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Undy and Magor?
Violence & sexual offences: 114 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (42) and public order (29), with 51 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Undy and Magor compare with Newport?
Newport records 55.8 violent and sexual offences and 25.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Undy and Magor’s 18.6 and 8, 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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