Total Crime Rate

116.5 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 116.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 37.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Waunrhydd Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gilfach-goch , and the 200th highest crime rate of 797 local areas in Rhondda Cynon Taf .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waunrhydd Road (CF39 8EW) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% higher than the Gilfach-goch average (75.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waunrhydd Road (CF39 8EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waunrhydd Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penrhiw-Fer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tynybryn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penrhiw-Fer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penrhiw-Fer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mill Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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