Total Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glanfelin Flats area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen , and the 108th lowest crime rate of 791 local areas in Rhondda Cynon Taf .
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 Glanfelin Flats (CF37 5LL) in the last 12 months was 21.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% lower than the Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen average (93.2 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 Violence and sexual offences with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glanfelin Flats (CF37 5LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dyffryn Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Francis Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cypress Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cardiff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Luke'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parc Y Dyffryn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dyffryn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Street | Under investigation |
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