Total Crime Rate

286.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 286.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 54.7 8/10
  • Public order 39.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.0 10/10
  • Other theft 20.8 10/10
  • Other crime 13.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • 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

Picton Gardens area has the highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr , and the 24th 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 Picton Gardens (CF31 3HH) in the last 12 months was 286.5 per 1,000 residents and was 570.2% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Picton Gardens (CF31 3HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowbridge Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Picton Gardens (9 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 Picton Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Moorlands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cowbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cowbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Picton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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