Total Crime Rate

78.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 78.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.9 7/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Heol Ganol area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre , and the 161st highest 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 Heol Ganol (CF32 9PG) in the last 12 months was 78.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower than the St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heol Ganol (CF32 9PG), the main crime hotspot is near Ffordd Priordy. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Heol Ganol area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Cwrdy Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merfield Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Fain Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Cwrdy Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heol Cwrdy Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Cwrdy —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Green —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bryncoch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Merfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Priordy Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bryncoch Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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