Total Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Amelia Close area has the lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Dowlais and Pant , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 190 local areas in Merthyr Tydfil .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Amelia Close (CF48 2BF) in the last 12 months was 12.4 per 1,000 residents and was 87.2% lower than the Dowlais and Pant average (97.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Amelia Close (CF48 2BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pant Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glanmorlais (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Merthyr Tydfil| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwladys Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pant Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pant Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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