Total Crime Rate
135.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hughes Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Pen-y-graig , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 791 local areas in Rhondda Cynon Taf .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hughes Street (CF40 1LY) in the last 12 months was 135.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% higher than the Pen-y-graig average (94.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 84.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hughes Street (CF40 1LY), the main crime hotspot is near Llewellyn Street. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Pen-y-graig| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miskin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miskin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwydd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Derwydd Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Derwydd Road | Under investigation |
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