Crime Rate in Park, ward

Park has the highest crime rate of 11 wards in Merthyr Tydfil district and the 207th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Park in the last 12 months was 224.7 per 1,000 residents and was 110.7% higher than the Merthyr Tydfil district average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 328 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 462 (≈ 103.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Coffins Row. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.