Crime Statistics for Kenfig, Bridgend, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Kenfig in October 2024. There were a total of 12 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Violent Crime	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Other Theft	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	12

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 Kenfig. 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 Kenfig

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Nottage (1.96 miles)	131
Porthcawl (2.78 miles)	102
Kenfig Hill (2.24 miles)	79
Newton (3.1 miles)	79
Margam (3.93 miles)	19
South Cornelly (0.88 miles)	13
Kenfig	12
Tythegston (3.62 miles)	12
Mawdlam	12
Brombil (3.78 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Kenfig?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newton	57
Nottage	48
Porthcawl	37
Kenfig Hill	31
Margam	11
Tythegston	10
Brombil	9
South Cornelly	6
Kenfig	3
Mawdlam	3

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

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 Kenfig 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 Kenfig compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Margam	98
2	Porthcawl East Central	98
3	Tai-bach	97
4	Porthcawl West Central	97
5	Pyle	97
6	Cornelly	96
7	Aberkenfig	96
8	Newton	95
9	Cefn Cribwr	95
10	Rest Bay	94
11	Nottage	94

Which road in Kenfig has the highest level of crime?

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