Total Crime Rate

217.7 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 217.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.4 10/10
  • Public order 32.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Other crime 12.1 10/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Penallta Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Nelson , and the 47th highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Caerphilly .

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 Penallta Road (CF82 7AP) in the last 12 months was 217.7 per 1,000 residents and was 227.4% higher than the Nelson average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penallta Road (CF82 7AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Central Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Commercial Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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