Total Crime Rate

81.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Dyffryn Avenue area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen , and the 314th 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 Dyffryn Avenue (CF37 5RY) in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% lower 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 14 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 Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dyffryn Avenue (CF37 5RY), 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 Dyffryn Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dyffryn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ynys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ynys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cypress Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tennyson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Poets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ynys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beyron Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beyron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beyron Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beyron Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sycamore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tennyson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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