Crime Rate in Dowlais and Pant, ward

Dowlais and Pant has the 5th highest crime rate of 11 wards in Merthyr Tydfil district and the 1559th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Dowlais and Pant in the last 12 months was 105.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower than the Merthyr Tydfil district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dowlais and Pant’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 213 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 185.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -21.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 284 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dowlais and Pant ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Coedcae Row. Police recorded 145 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.