Total Crime Rate
429.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 6th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Cyfarthfa , and the 8th highest crime rate of 190 local areas in Merthyr Tydfil .
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 This (CF48 1UF) in the last 12 months was 429.1 per 1,000 residents and was 238.3% higher than the Cyfarthfa average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -5.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 183.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode CF48 1UF, the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Merthyr Tydfil| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pantycelynen | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parc Cwm Pant Bach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pantycelynen | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pantycelynen | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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