Crime Statistics for Taff Merthyr Garden Village, Quakers Yard, Merthyr Tydfil, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Taff Merthyr Garden Village in October 2024. There were a total of 71 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 Taff Merthyr Garden Village, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime22
Anti Social Behaviour16
Public Order12
Criminal Damage Arson9
Shoplifting4
Drugs3
Vehicle Crime2
Burglary1
Other Crime1
Other Theft1
All Crime71

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 Taff Merthyr Garden Village. 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 Taff Merthyr Garden Village

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Penpedairheol (2.48 miles)72
Taff Merthyr Garden Village71
Craig Berthlwyd (0.88 miles)66
Llancaiach (0.88 miles)47
Edwardsville (1.39 miles)46
Gelligaer (1.96 miles)42
Abercynon (1.75 miles)32
Nelson (1.39 miles)22
Cwmfelin (1.96 miles)15
Tai’r-heol (1.86 miles)6

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of residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Taff Merthyr Garden Village?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Penpedairheol28
Craig Berthlwyd24
Taff Merthyr Garden Village22
Llancaiach21
Edwardsville20
Abercynon19
Gelligaer16
Nelson12
Cwmfelin3
Tai’r-heol2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Taff Merthyr Garden Village?

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 Taff Merthyr Garden Village 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 Taff Merthyr Garden Village compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Taff Merthyr Garden Village and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Taff Merthyr Garden Village is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Bargoed99
2Ystrad Mynach98
3Hengoed98
4St. Cattwg97
5Abercynon97
6Merthyr Vale97
7Nelson97
8Plymouth97
9Bedlinog96
10Treharris96
11Ynysybwl96

Which road in Taff Merthyr Garden Village has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Taff Merthyr Garden Village with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around B4255.

Last updated: October 2024
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