Total Crime Rate

90.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Mountain View area has the 7th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Argoed , and the 228th highest crime rate of 569 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 Mountain View (NP12 0QU) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.6% higher than the Argoed average (80.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountain View (NP12 0QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillside Avenue, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pen-Y-Werlod Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mountain View area

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Data Sources

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