Total Crime Rate

228.8 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 228.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.5 10/10
  • Public order 22.6 9/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Waunfawr Park Road area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Abercarn , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 569 local areas in Caerphilly .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waunfawr Park Road (NP11 7PH) in the last 12 months was 228.8 per 1,000 residents and was 176.2% higher than the Abercarn average (82.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 138.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 92.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waunfawr Park Road (NP11 7PH), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Waunfawr Park Road area

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Data Sources

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