Crime Statistics for Cwmpennar, Fernhill, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Cwmpennar in October 2024. There were a total of 54 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cwmpennar, 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	26
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Public Order	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Shoplifting	4
Burglary	3
Other Theft	2
Other Crime	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	54

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 Cwmpennar. 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 Cwmpennar

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Aberdare (Aberdar) (2.24 miles)	303
Cynon (2.24 miles)	118
Cwmbach (0.88 miles)	115
Aberaman (1.39 miles)	98
Aberpennar (Mountain Ash) (0.88 miles)	62
Cwmpennar	54
Miskin (1.39 miles)	45
Fernhill (0.62 miles)	41
Abercwmboi (0.88 miles)	30
Cwmaman (1.96 miles)	17

Where are the most violent places near Cwmpennar?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Aberdare (Aberdar)	101
Cynon	89
Cwmbach	50
Aberaman	37
Aberpennar (Mountain Ash)	29
Cwmpennar	26
Miskin	19
Fernhill	19
Abercwmboi	12
Cwmaman	9

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

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 Cwmpennar 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 Cwmpennar compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cwmpennar and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Cwmpennar is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tylorstown	98
2	Aberdare East	98
3	Mountain Ash East	98
4	Aberaman South	98
5	Mountain Ash West	97
6	Cwmbach	97
7	Aberaman North	97
8	Merthyr Vale	97
9	Plymouth	97
10	Penrhiwceiber	96
11	Ferndale	96

Which road in Cwmpennar has the highest level of crime?

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