Total Crime Rate
131.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ffordd 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prison | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Llys Ceirios | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Prison | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maes Yr Eos | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
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