Crime Statistics for Penllwyn, Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Penllwyn in October 2024. There were a total of 119 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 Penllwyn, 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	49
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Vehicle Crime	14
Public Order	12
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Other Theft	8
Other Crime	6
Drugs	2
All Crime	119

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 Penllwyn. 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 Penllwyn

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Coed Duon (Blackwood) (1.24 miles)	373
Blackwood (1.24 miles)	212
Pontllanfraith (0.88 miles)	150
Penllwyn	119
Gelli-haf (0.62 miles)	119
Bryn (0.62 miles)	73
Springfield (0.62 miles)	49
Cwmnantyrodyn (0.62 miles)	49
Ton-y-pistyll (1.39 miles)	45
Gelligroes (0.62 miles)	44

Where are the most violent places near Penllwyn?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Coed Duon (Blackwood)	156
Blackwood	87
Pontllanfraith	71
Gelli-haf	54
Penllwyn	49
Gelligroes	43
Bryn	41
Ton-y-pistyll	23
Springfield	22
Cwmnantyrodyn	22

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

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 Penllwyn 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 Penllwyn compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Penllwyn and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Penllwyn have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Crumlin.

#	Ward	Score
1	Cefn Fforest	98
2	Pengam	98
3	Gilfach	98
4	Ystrad Mynach	98
5	Hengoed	98
6	Blackwood	98
7	Argoed	98
8	Ynysddu	97
9	Pontllanfraith	97
10	Maesycwmmer	97
11	Crumlin	97

Which road in Penllwyn has the highest level of crime?

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