Total Crime Rate

221.7 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 221.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 47.2 8/10
  • Public order 28.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Penybont Road area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Pencoed and Penprysg , and the 33rd 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 Penybont Road (CF35 5PY) in the last 12 months was 221.7 per 1,000 residents and was 263.6% higher than the Pencoed and Penprysg average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 122.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penybont Road (CF35 5PY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Penybont Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pant Glas —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Gerddi Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pentre Howell Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clos Yr Ysgol Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gwalia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Felindre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Felindre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Caeau Duon Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dol Afon Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Las Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pencoed Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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