Total Crime Rate

106.9 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 106.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Holly Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen , and the 225th highest crime rate of 797 local areas in Rhondda Cynon Taf .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holly Street (CF37 5DB) in the last 12 months was 106.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% higher than the Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holly Street (CF37 5DB), the main crime hotspot is near Poets Close. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen

Crime Over Time in Holly Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shakespeare Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laburnum Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sycamore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cypress Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dyffryn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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