Total Crime Rate

463.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 463.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 177.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Other theft 29.6 10/10
  • Public order 29.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.7 10/10
  • Other crime 16.5 10/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Dowlais and Pant , and the 7th highest crime rate of 189 local areas in Merthyr Tydfil .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CF48 3PN) in the last 12 months was 463.8 per 1,000 residents and was 339.0% higher than the Dowlais and Pant average (105.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 88.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 68.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CF48 3PN), the main crime hotspot is near Coedcae Row. Police recorded 145 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Dowlais and Pant

Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Coedcae Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coedcae Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coedcae Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coedcae Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coedcae Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coedcae Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Coedcae Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coedcae Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Coedcae Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coedcae Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Coedcae Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Station Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coedcae Row Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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