Crime Statistics for Porthcawl, Bridgend, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Porthcawl in August 2024. There were a total of 201 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 Porthcawl, 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	77
Anti Social Behaviour	28
Shoplifting	28
Public Order	27
Other Theft	15
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Vehicle Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Burglary	3
Drugs	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	201

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newton (0.62 miles)	127
Porthcawl	125
Kenfig Hill (3.78 miles)	101
Nottage (0.88 miles)	97
Mawdlam (2.78 miles)	14
Tythegston (1.96 miles)	13
Laleston (3.34 miles)	12
Kenfig (2.78 miles)	9
South Cornelly (1.96 miles)	8
Ogmore-by-Sea (3.1 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Porthcawl?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Porthcawl	77
Newton	50
Kenfig Hill	45
Nottage	37
Mawdlam	9
Tythegston	7
Laleston	7
Kenfig	5
South Cornelly	4
Ogmore-by-Sea	0

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

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 Porthcawl 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 Porthcawl compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Margam	98
2	Porthcawl East Central	98
3	Porthcawl West Central	97
4	Pyle	97
5	Cornelly	96
6	Newton	95
7	Cefn Cribwr	95
8	Llandow/Ewenny	94
9	St. Bride's Major	94
10	Rest Bay	94
11	Nottage	94

Which road in Porthcawl has the highest level of crime?

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