Crime Rate in St Martins, ward

St Martins has the 15th lowest crime rate of 31 wards in Caerphilly district and the 1821st lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in St Martins in the last 12 months was 41.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% lower than the Caerphilly district average (46.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Martins’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 173 (≈ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Martins ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Cardiff Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.