Total Crime Rate

81.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Walnut Way area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gurnos , and the 89th highest crime rate of 189 local areas in Merthyr Tydfil .

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 Walnut Way (CF47 9RS) in the last 12 months was 81.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% lower than the Gurnos average (165.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walnut Way (CF47 9RS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walnut Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Third Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oak Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beech Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beech Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwaelodygarth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walnut Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chase View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ash Crescent Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acacia Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acacia Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acacia Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yew Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Second Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Second Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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