Total Crime Rate

188.5 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 188.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 9/10
  • Public order 23.1 9/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Twelfth Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gurnos , and the 23rd 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 Twelfth Avenue (CF47 9TB) in the last 12 months was 188.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Twelfth Avenue (CF47 9TB), the main crime hotspot is near Tenth Avenue. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Twelfth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs A465 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seventh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seventh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshall Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A465 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eleventh Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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