Crime Statistics for Blaenrhondda, Blaencwm, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blaenrhondda in September 2024. There were a total of 80 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 Blaenrhondda, 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	32
Public Order	20
Drugs	8
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Bicycle Theft	4
Vehicle Crime	4
All Crime	80

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 Blaenrhondda. 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 Blaenrhondda

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cwmparc (2.63 miles)	62
Ton Pentre (3.51 miles)	40
Blaenrhondda	40
Tynewydd (0.88 miles)	33
Maerdy (3.16 miles)	29
Blaencwm (0.62 miles)	22
Abergwynfi (2.63 miles)	6
Blaengwynfi (2.63 miles)	6
Bryn (3.73 miles)	5
Rhigos (3.73 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Blaenrhondda?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cwmparc	33
Blaenrhondda	32
Ton Pentre	20
Blaencwm	20
Tynewydd	16
Maerdy	16
Abergwynfi	4
Blaengwynfi	4
Bryn	2
Rhigos	2

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

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 Blaenrhondda 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 Blaenrhondda compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blaenrhondda and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blaenrhondda is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Maerdy	98
2	Pen-y-waun	98
3	Pentre	97
4	Nant-y-moel	97
5	Treherbert	97
6	Treorchy	97
7	Cymmer	96
8	Blaengwrach	96
9	Glyncorrwg	96
10	Blaengarw	96
11	Gwynfi	96

Which road in Blaenrhondda has the highest level of crime?

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