Total Crime Rate

82.7 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 82.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Nantycoed area has the 20th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Bedlinog and Trelewis , and the 87th highest crime rate of 189 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 Nantycoed (CF48 4HG) in the last 12 months was 82.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% higher than the Bedlinog and Trelewis average (67.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nantycoed (CF48 4HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ash Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Diana Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bedlinog and Trelewis

Crime Over Time in Nantycoed area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Enoch Morrell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cwmdu Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Angus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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