Crime Statistics for Blaenllechau, Ferndale, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blaenllechau in September 2024. There were a total of 35 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 Blaenllechau, 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	18
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Vehicle Crime	2
Drugs	1
Public Order	1
Burglary	1
Shoplifting	1
Other Theft	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	35

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 Blaenllechau. 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 Blaenllechau

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ystrad (1.39 miles)	104
Tylorstown (1.39 miles)	77
Pontygwaith (1.96 miles)	73
Ferndale (0.62 miles)	55
Rhondda (1.67 miles)	51
Ton Pentre (2.24 miles)	40
Blaenllechau	35
Maerdy (1.39 miles)	29
Abercwmboi (2.24 miles)	22
Cwmaman (1.39 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Blaenllechau?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tylorstown	46
Ystrad	45
Pontygwaith	36
Ferndale	26
Rhondda	23
Ton Pentre	20
Blaenllechau	18
Maerdy	16
Abercwmboi	9
Cwmaman	5

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blaenllechau?

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 Blaenllechau 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 Blaenllechau compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blaenllechau and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blaenllechau is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tylorstown	98
2	Llwyn-y-pia	98
3	Maerdy	98
4	Ystrad	98
5	Cwm Clydach	97
6	Pentre	97
7	Aberaman North	97
8	Tonypandy	97
9	Treherbert	97
10	Treorchy	97
11	Ferndale	96

Which road in Blaenllechau has the highest level of crime?

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