Total Crime Rate

126.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.1 9/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Archer Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Bedlinog and Trelewis , and the 51st 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 Archer Street (CF48 4JQ) in the last 12 months was 126.4 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

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Crime Over Time in Archer Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Merthyr Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyntaldwyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Enoch Morrell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft School Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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