Total Crime Rate
1663.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Caroline Street area has the highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Bridgend Central , and the highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Bridgend .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Caroline Street (CF31 1DW) in the last 12 months was 1663.9 per 1,000 residents and was 849.1% higher than the Bridgend Central average (175.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 256 (≈ 699.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caroline Street (CF31 1DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (80 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bridgend Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryd Wyndham | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stryd Wyndham | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryd Wyndham | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boulevard De Villenave D'Ornon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boulevard De Villenave D'Ornon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boulevard De Villenave D'Ornon | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mackworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mackworth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Mackworth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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