Crime Statistics for Maesycwmmer, Caerphilly, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Maesycwmmer in October 2024. There were a total of 62 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 Maesycwmmer, 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	28
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Vehicle Crime	6
Other Theft	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	4
Burglary	3
Other Crime	2
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	62

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 Maesycwmmer. 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 Maesycwmmer

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Tir-y-berth (1.24 miles)	165
Hengoed (0.88 miles)	132
Penllwyn (1.39 miles)	119
Gelli-haf (0.88 miles)	119
Bryn (0.88 miles)	73
Maesycwmmer	62
Ystrad Mynach (0.62 miles)	57
Gelligroes (1.24 miles)	44
Gelligaer (1.75 miles)	42
Twyn Shon-Ifan (0.62 miles)	28

Where are the most violent places near Maesycwmmer?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tir-y-berth	83
Hengoed	81
Gelli-haf	54
Penllwyn	49
Gelligroes	43
Bryn	41
Maesycwmmer	28
Ystrad Mynach	27
Gelligaer	16
Twyn Shon-Ifan	14

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

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 Maesycwmmer 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 Maesycwmmer compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Ynysddu	97
9	Pontllanfraith	97
10	Maesycwmmer	97
11	Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen	97

Which road in Maesycwmmer has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Maesycwmmer with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around A472.