Total Crime Rate

131.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.6 9/10
  • Other crime 31.8 10/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.6 1/10
  • Robbery 0.6 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Ffordd Y Grug area has the 7th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Brackla East and Coychurch Lower , and the 73rd 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 Ffordd Y Grug (CF35 6BQ) in the last 12 months was 131.9 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Brackla East and Coychurch Lower average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 140 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 151 (≈ 85.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2016.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ffordd Y Grug (CF35 6BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 221 crimes here, including 145 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Brackla East and Coychurch Lower

Crime Over Time in Ffordd Y Grug area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Prison Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llys Ceirios Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maes Yr Eos Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.