Crime Rate in Mountain Ash, ward

Mountain Ash has the 13th highest crime rate of 46 wards in Rhondda Cynon Taf district and the 1883rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Mountain Ash in the last 12 months was 96.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% higher than the Rhondda Cynon Taf district average (88.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mountain Ash’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 370 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 465 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mountain Ash ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Fernhill. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.