Total Crime Rate

57.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.5 6/10
  • Violent crimes 43.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cefn Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Argoed , and the 106th highest crime rate of 559 local areas in Caerphilly .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cefn Road (NP12 1PR) in the last 12 months was 57.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% higher than the Argoed average (34.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cefn Road (NP12 1PR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Data Sources

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