Total Crime Rate
924.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
446.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nolton Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Bridgend Central , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 470 local areas in Bridgend .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nolton Street (CF31 1BX) in the last 12 months was 924.9 per 1,000 residents and was 386.7% higher than the Bridgend Central average (190.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 446.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nolton Street (CF31 1BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (82 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bridgend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Five Bells Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oddfellows' Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oddfellows' Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boulevard De Villenave D'Ornon | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Five Bells Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Five Bells Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Five Bells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Five Bells Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunraven Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunraven Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryd Wyndham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
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