Total Crime Rate

108.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 72.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowbridge Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Bridgend Central , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 470 local areas in Bridgend .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowbridge Road (CF31 3DH) in the last 12 months was 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.1% lower 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowbridge Road (CF31 3DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Loveluck (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowbridge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Caewallis Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caewallis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Heol Loveluck Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Heol Loveluck Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Moorlands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ochr Rad Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Coychurch Road Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Five Bells Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Five Bells Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Five Bells Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Five Bells Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Five Bells Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coychurch Road Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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