Total Crime Rate
518.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
269.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunnyside Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Bridgend Central , and the 4th highest crime rate of 470 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 Sunnyside Road (CF31 4AF) in the last 12 months was 518.1 per 1,000 residents and was 172.6% higher 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 269.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunnyside Road (CF31 4AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunraven Place (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bridgend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stryd Wyndham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merthyr Mawr Road (North) | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Wyndham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stryd Wyndham | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryd Wyndham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryd Wyndham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryd Wyndham | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stryd Wyndham | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stryd Wyndham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Adare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunraven Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunraven Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adare Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Adare Street | Under investigation |
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