Crime Statistics for Abergarw, Bryncethin, Bridgend, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Abergarw in October 2024. There were a total of 211 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Abergarw, 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	105
Public Order	28
Shoplifting	22
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Other Crime	14
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Drugs	10
Other Theft	4
Vehicle Crime	2
All Crime	211

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Abergarw. 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 Abergarw

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bryncethin	215
Abergarw	200
Brynmenyn (0.62 miles)	193
Cymdda (0.88 miles)	130
Bryncoch (0.62 miles)	99
Aberkenfig (1.39 miles)	96
Pant-y-pyllau (1.39 miles)	79
Tondu (1.24 miles)	54
Hirwaun Common (1.39 miles)	28
Heol-laethog (1.24 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Abergarw?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bryncethin	220
Brynmenyn	204
Abergarw	105
Cymdda	84
Aberkenfig	56
Bryncoch	55
Tondu	35
Pant-y-pyllau	30
Hirwaun Common	15
Heol-laethog	3

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

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 Abergarw 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 Abergarw compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Abergarw and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Abergarw is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Sarn	97
2	Bryncethin	97
3	Bettws	96
4	Ynysawdre	96
5	Pendre	96
6	Bryncoch	96
7	Coity	96
8	Cefn Glas	95
9	Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd	95
10	Pen-y-fai	95
11	Litchard	95

Which road in Abergarw has the highest level of crime?

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