Crime Statistics for Ton-y-pistyll, Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ton-y-pistyll in September 2024. There were a total of 46 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ton-y-pistyll, 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	19
Public Order	13
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Other Theft	3
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	46

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 Ton-y-pistyll. 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 Ton-y-pistyll

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackwood (1.39 miles)	322
Coed Duon (Blackwood) (1.39 miles)	161
Penmaen (0.88 miles)	136
Pontllanfraith (0.62 miles)	107
Cwmnantyrodyn (0.88 miles)	81
Springfield (0.88 miles)	79
Croespenmaen (1.24 miles)	76
Cwm Dows (0.62 miles)	49
Ton-y-pistyll	46
Kendon (1.24 miles)	40

Where are the most violent places near Ton-y-pistyll?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackwood	260
Coed Duon (Blackwood)	65
Penmaen	51
Pontllanfraith	39
Croespenmaen	38
Springfield	35
Cwmnantyrodyn	34
Kendon	21
Ton-y-pistyll	19
Cwm Dows	18

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ton-y-pistyll?

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 Ton-y-pistyll 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 Ton-y-pistyll compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ton-y-pistyll and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Ton-y-pistyll is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Cefn Fforest	98
2	Pengam	98
3	Blackwood	98
4	Llanhilleth	98
5	Newbridge	98
6	Argoed	98
7	Abercarn	97
8	Ynysddu	97
9	Pontllanfraith	97
10	Crumlin	97
11	Penmaen	96

Which road in Ton-y-pistyll has the highest level of crime?

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