Total Crime Rate

185.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 185.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.9 9/10
  • Public order 36.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Penybryn Cottages area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Beddau and Tyn-y-nant , and the 91st highest crime rate of 797 local areas in Rhondda Cynon Taf .

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 Penybryn Cottages (CF38 2AB) in the last 12 months was 185.6 per 1,000 residents and was 164.8% higher than the Beddau and Tyn-y-nant average (70.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 116.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penybryn Cottages (CF38 2AB), the main crime hotspot is near Wingfield Avenue. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Penybryn Cottages area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Castellau Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Coroniad Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llwyncrwn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penycoedcae Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Coroniad Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castell-Y-Mynach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wingfield Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Gwrgan Under investigation

Data Sources

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