Total Crime Rate
121.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Primrose Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Cwm Clydach , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 791 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 Primrose Street (CF40 1BW) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% higher than the Cwm Clydach average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Primrose Street (CF40 1BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Derwydd Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tonypandy| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dingle Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Derwydd Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Derwydd Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwydd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Place | — |
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