Total Crime Rate

186.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 186.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 102.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 28.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newlands Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Brackla East and Coychurch Lower , and the 46th 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 Newlands Avenue (CF31 2XA) in the last 12 months was 186.9 per 1,000 residents and was 156.1% higher than the Brackla East and Coychurch Lower average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 633.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newlands Avenue (CF31 2XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bryn Stradling, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ffordd Cadfan (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Brackla East and Coychurch Lower

Crime Over Time in Newlands Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryn Stradling —
Sep 2025Public order St Christophers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clos Coed Gellyg Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clos Coed Gellyg Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clos Coed Gellyg —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clos Coed Gellyg —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryn Stradling —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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