Crime Statistics for Aberdare (Aberdar), Aberaman, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Aberdare (Aberdar) in September 2024. There were a total of 118 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Aberdare (Aberdar), this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	49
Anti Social Behaviour	28
Shoplifting	10
Other Theft	9
Public Order	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Other Crime	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	118

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Aberdare (Aberdar). This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Aberdare (Aberdar)

We've taken the ten nearest places to Aberdare (Aberdar) and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Aberdare (Aberdar) has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Cynon (0.4 miles)	133
Aberdare (Aberdar)	118
Cwmdare (1.39 miles)	110
Cwmbach (1.39 miles)	99
Aberaman (0.88 miles)	93
Cwmpennar (2.24 miles)	45
Fernhill (2.63 miles)	34
Clwydyfagwyr (2.78 miles)	27
Abercwmboi (2.24 miles)	22
Cwmaman (1.86 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Aberdare (Aberdar)?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Aberdare (Aberdar) and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Cynon	55
Aberdare (Aberdar)	49
Cwmdare	49
Cwmbach	43
Aberaman	40
Cwmpennar	21
Fernhill	18
Clwydyfagwyr	12
Abercwmboi	9
Cwmaman	5

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Aberdare (Aberdar)?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Aberdare (Aberdar) to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Aberdare (Aberdar) compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Aberdare (Aberdar) and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Aberdare (Aberdar) have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Ferndale.

#	Ward	Score
1	Aberdare East	98
2	Maerdy	98
3	Rhigos	98
4	Mountain Ash East	98
5	Pen-y-waun	98
6	Aberaman South	98
7	Cwmbach	97
8	Aberaman North	97
9	Cyfarthfa	97
10	Aberdare West/Llwydcoed	96
11	Ferndale	96

Which road in Aberdare (Aberdar) has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Aberdare (Aberdar) with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.