Crime Statistics for Gelligaer, Caerphilly, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Gelligaer in September 2024. There were a total of 72 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 Gelligaer, 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	35
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Public Order	4
Other Crime	2
Other Theft	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	72

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 Gelligaer. 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 Gelligaer

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hengoed (0.88 miles)	210
Tir-y-berth (1.24 miles)	128
Gilfach (1.76 miles)	116
Pengam (1.39 miles)	112
Penpedairheol (0.88 miles)	94
Maesycwmmer (1.75 miles)	79
Gelligaer	72
Ystrad Mynach (1.39 miles)	64
Llancaiach (1.24 miles)	49
Nelson (1.39 miles)	31

Where are the most violent places near Gelligaer?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hengoed	79
Pengam	77
Gilfach	56
Tir-y-berth	54
Penpedairheol	46
Gelligaer	35
Maesycwmmer	31
Ystrad Mynach	24
Llancaiach	18
Nelson	10

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

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 Gelligaer 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 Gelligaer compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Gelligaer and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Gelligaer is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bargoed	99
2	Cefn Fforest	98
3	Pengam	98
4	Gilfach	98
5	Ystrad Mynach	98
6	Hengoed	98
7	St. Cattwg	97
8	Maesycwmmer	97
9	Nelson	97
10	Bedlinog	96
11	Treharris	96

Which road in Gelligaer has the highest level of crime?

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