Total Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dyffryn 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dyffryn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ynys Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ynys Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Plane Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plane Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cypress Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tennyson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poets Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poets Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poets Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poets Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Poets Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Poets Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ynys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beyron Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beyron Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beyron Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beyron Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sycamore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tennyson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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