Crime Statistics for Bryn Golau, Tonyrefail, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bryn Golau in October 2024. There were a total of 287 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 Bryn Golau, 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	164
Public Order	28
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Other Crime	15
Shoplifting	12
Other Theft	8
Burglary	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Drugs	4
All Crime	287

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 Bryn Golau. 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 Bryn Golau

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bryn Golau	143
Cymmer (1.75 miles)	100
Tonyrefail (0.62 miles)	81
Ty’n-y-bryn (0.62 miles)	63
Rhiwinder (1.39 miles)	56
Edmondstown (1.24 miles)	46
Gilfach Goch (1.39 miles)	28
Hendreforgan (1.24 miles)	24
Evanstown (1.96 miles)	15
Ely (1.8 miles)	9

Where are the most violent places near Bryn Golau?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bryn Golau	164
Tonyrefail	44
Cymmer	40
Ty’n-y-bryn	37
Rhiwinder	28
Edmondstown	21
Gilfach Goch	14
Hendreforgan	14
Evanstown	6
Ely	2

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

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 Bryn Golau 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 Bryn Golau compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Llwyn-y-pia	98
2	Trealaw	98
3	Pen-y-graig	98
4	Cwm Clydach	97
5	Tonypandy	97
6	Porth	97
7	Tonyrefail East	96
8	Gilfach Goch	96
9	Tonyrefail West	96
10	Llantrisant Town	96
11	Penprysg	95

Which road in Bryn Golau has the highest level of crime?

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