Total Crime Rate
410.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
226.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ystrad Road area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Pentre , and the 13th highest crime rate of 791 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 Ystrad Road (CF41 7BL) in the last 12 months was 410.5 per 1,000 residents and was 395.2% higher than the Pentre average (82.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 226.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ystrad Road (CF41 7BL), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Pentre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Partridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rees Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rees Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pleasant View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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