Total Crime Rate

134.8 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 134.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.4 9/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Cornwall Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Pen-y-graig , and the 164th highest crime rate of 797 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 Cornwall Road (CF40 1PS) in the last 12 months was 134.8 per 1,000 residents and was 42.8% higher than the Pen-y-graig average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 95.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cornwall Road (CF40 1PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gwaun Yr Ergyd, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brook Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cornwall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenmeadow Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order David Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwaun Yr Ergyd Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenmeadow Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Further investigation is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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