Crime Statistics for Bargoed, Gilfach, Caerphilly, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bargoed in October 2024. There were a total of 97 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 Bargoed, 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	29
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Public Order	15
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	8
Drugs	6
Shoplifting	5
Other Crime	3
Burglary	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	97

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 Bargoed. 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 Bargoed

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Gilfach (0.88 miles)	232
Pengam (1.39 miles)	164
Rhymney (0.97 miles)	154
Aberbargoed (0.88 miles)	134
Bedwellty (1.39 miles)	124
Brithdir (1.39 miles)	97
Bargod	97
Bargoed	97
Markham (1.75 miles)	82
Penpedairheol (1.24 miles)	72

Where are the most violent places near Bargoed?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Pengam	94
Gilfach	90
Rhymney	57
Aberbargoed	46
Bedwellty	43
Brithdir	34
Markham	34
Bargod	29
Bargoed	29
Penpedairheol	28

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

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 Bargoed 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 Bargoed compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bargoed and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Bargoed is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	New Tredegar	99
2	Bargoed	99
3	Aberbargoed	99
4	Cefn Fforest	98
5	Pengam	98
6	Gilfach	98
7	Hengoed	98
8	Blackwood	98
9	Argoed	98
10	St. Cattwg	97
11	Bedlinog	96

Which road in Bargoed has the highest level of crime?

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