Total Crime Rate
1663.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queen 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 Queen Street (CF31 1HX) 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 Queen Street (CF31 1HX), the main crime hotspot is near Market Street. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bridgend Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryd Wyndham | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | South Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marie Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boulevard De Villenave D'Ornon | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stryd Wyndham | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryd Wyndham | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boulevard De Villenave D'Ornon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boulevard De Villenave D'Ornon | Under investigation |
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