Crime Statistics for Brynheulog, Caerau, Bridgend, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Brynheulog in September 2024. There were a total of 58 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 Brynheulog, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime19
Anti Social Behaviour14
Public Order11
Shoplifting3
Burglary3
Drugs2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Other Crime2
Other Theft1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime58

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 Brynheulog. 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 Brynheulog

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Maesteg (1.86 miles)184
Spelter (0.62 miles)80
Dyffryn (0.62 miles)79
Croeserw (0.88 miles)64
Blaencaerau (0.62 miles)61
Caerau58
Brynheulog58
Cymer (1.39 miles)27
Abercregan (1.24 miles)13
Duffryn (1.39 miles)0

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of residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Brynheulog?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Maesteg63
Spelter24
Croeserw22
Blaencaerau22
Dyffryn19
Caerau19
Brynheulog19
Cymer10
Abercregan4
Duffryn0

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

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 Brynheulog 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 Brynheulog compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Caerau97
2Maesteg West97
3Maesteg East97
4Pontycymmer97
5Llangeinor96
6Cymmer96
7Bryn and Cwmavon96
8Blaengarw96
9Gwynfi96
10Llangynwyd95
11Pelenna95

Which road in Brynheulog has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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