Total Crime Rate

97.0 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 97.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Rees Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Dowlais and Pant , and the 76th 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 Rees Street (CF48 3NP) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% lower than the Dowlais and Pant average (105.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rees Street (CF48 3NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Francis Street, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glendower Street (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rees Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Brynwern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Francis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nant Morlais Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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