Crime Rate in Treharris, ward

Treharris has the lowest crime rate of 11 wards in Merthyr Tydfil district and the 3567th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Treharris in the last 12 months was 61.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% lower than the Merthyr Tydfil district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Treharris’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -29.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 198 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Treharris ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Pritchard Street. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.