Total Crime Rate

98.0 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 98.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Gilfach Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Aberbargoed and Bargoed , and the 204th highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Caerphilly .

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 Gilfach Street (CF81 8LS) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% lower than the Aberbargoed and Bargoed average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gilfach Street (CF81 8LS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gilfach Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardiff Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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