Total Crime Rate

31.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 31.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Pontycapel Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Cyfarthfa , and the 27th lowest crime rate of 189 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 Pontycapel Road (CF48 2RA) in the last 12 months was 31.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% lower than the Cyfarthfa average (119.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pontycapel Road (CF48 2RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pearce'S Court, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Chapel Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pontycapel Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dan-Y-Deri Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Vaynor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Monumental Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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