Crime Rate in Park, ward

Park has the highest crime rate of 11 wards in Merthyr Tydfil district and the 208th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Park in the last 12 months was 228.8 per 1,000 residents and was 105.5% higher than the Merthyr Tydfil district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 294 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 52.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 416 (≈ 93.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Park ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Llys Corona, with 73 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Coffins Row (46 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.