Total Crime Rate
37.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Commercial Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Aberbargoed and Bargoed , and the 213th highest crime rate of 559 local areas in Caerphilly .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Street (CF81 9BT) in the last 12 months was 37.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.1% lower than the Aberbargoed and Bargoed average (54.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Commercial Street (CF81 9BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heol Ysgol Newydd, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clos Ysbyty (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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