Crime Statistics for Hengoed, Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hengoed in August 2024. There were a total of 110 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 Hengoed, 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	45
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Public Order	15
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Burglary	5
Drugs	5
Other Crime	3
Other Theft	3
Possession Of Weapons	3
Shoplifting	2
Vehicle Crime	2
All Crime	110

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 Hengoed. 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 Hengoed

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pengam (1.39 miles)	136
Tir-y-berth (0.88 miles)	120
Hengoed	110
Gelligaer (0.88 miles)	103
Penpedairheol (1.24 miles)	93
Maesycwmmer (0.88 miles)	76
Ystrad Mynach (0.62 miles)	75
Gelli-haf (1.24 miles)	74
Bryn (1.24 miles)	73
Twyn Shon-Ifan (1.39 miles)	43

Where are the most violent places near Hengoed?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Pengam	63
Tir-y-berth	59
Penpedairheol	55
Hengoed	45
Gelligaer	45
Gelli-haf	37
Maesycwmmer	34
Bryn	30
Ystrad Mynach	28
Twyn Shon-Ifan	16

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

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 Hengoed 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 Hengoed compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hengoed and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Hengoed is ranked #6.

#	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 Hengoed has the highest level of crime?

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