Total Crime Rate

25.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.5 3/10
  • Violent crimes 12.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • 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
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highfield Place area has the lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre , and the 109th lowest crime rate of 470 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 Highfield Place (CF32 9RR) in the last 12 months was 25.5 per 1,000 residents and was 73.2% lower than the St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Place (CF32 9RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ffordd Priordy (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Quadrangle
Apr 2026Burglary Heolganol Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heolganol Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Heolganol Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heolganol Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heolganol Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Fain Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bryncoch Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bryncoch Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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