Total Crime Rate

152.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 152.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 57.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Merthyr Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Moriah and Pontlottyn , and the 98th 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 Merthyr Road (NP22 3AE) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% higher than the Moriah and Pontlottyn average (143.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 750.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Merthyr Road (NP22 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clos Bryn Brith, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Merthyr Road area

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Data Sources

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