Total Crime Rate

101.0 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 101.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cwmdare Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Aberdare East , and the 245th highest crime rate of 797 local areas in Rhondda Cynon Taf .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cwmdare Road (CF44 8RD) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% lower than the Aberdare East average (149.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cwmdare Road (CF44 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hafod Wen, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fford Y Coleg (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cwmdare Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fford Y Coleg Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heol-Y-Twyn Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blaen Wern Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hafod Wen Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hafod Wen Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Y Garth Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol-Y-Twyn
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol-Y-Twyn
Sep 2025Public order Heol-Y-Twyn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maes Brynna Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clos Bychan Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Graiglwyd Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Twyn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Heol-Y-Twyn Under investigation

Data Sources

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