Total Crime Rate

23.3 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 23.3 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fairfield Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr , and the 99th lowest crime rate of 475 local areas in Bridgend .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairfield Road (CF31 3DT) in the last 12 months was 23.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% lower than the Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr average (42.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairfield Road (CF31 3DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Picton Gardens, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr

Crime Over Time in Fairfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Moorlands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Picton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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