Crime Statistics for Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr), Newcastle, , 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) in September 2024. There were a total of 343 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 Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr), 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	152
Anti Social Behaviour	50
Shoplifting	37
Public Order	35
Criminal Damage Arson	19
Other Theft	13
Vehicle Crime	12
Drugs	10
Other Crime	10
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	343

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 Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr). 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 Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr)

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Pendre (0.62 miles)	315
Litchard (0.62 miles)	204
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr)	189
Byeastwood (1.39 miles)	169
Newcastle (0.62 miles)	167
Coity (1.39 miles)	128
Pant-y-pyllau (1.75 miles)	109
Bryntirion (1.24 miles)	54
Heronston (1.39 miles)	53
Ty’n-y-garn (1.39 miles)	50

Where are the most violent places near Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr)?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Pendre	162
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr)	152
Byeastwood	116
Litchard	85
Coity	67
Pant-y-pyllau	65
Newcastle	59
Ty’n-y-garn	24
Bryntirion	22
Heronston	20

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr)?

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 Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) 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 Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Morfa	98
2	Coychurch Lower	98
3	Oldcastle	97
4	Newcastle	96
5	Pendre	96
6	Coity	96
7	Brackla	95
8	Cefn Glas	95
9	Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd	95
10	Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr	95
11	Litchard	95

Which road in Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bridgend (Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr) with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Leckwith Rise.