Crime Statistics for Cynon, Aberdare, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Cynon in August 2024. There were a total of 158 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 Cynon, 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	54
Anti Social Behaviour	43
Public Order	19
Shoplifting	16
Other Theft	8
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Burglary	2
Drugs	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	158

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Cynon. 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 Cynon

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cynon	158
Aberdare (Aberdar) (0.4 miles)	118
Cwmbach (1.36 miles)	99
Aberaman (1 miles)	93
Cwmpennar (2.24 miles)	64
Fernhill (2.71 miles)	48
Cwmdare (1.52 miles)	47
Clwydyfagwyr (2.39 miles)	27
Abercwmboi (2.39 miles)	22
Cwmaman (2.19 miles)	21

Where are the most violent places near Cynon?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cynon	54
Aberdare (Aberdar)	49
Aberaman	40
Cwmbach	27
Cwmpennar	26
Fernhill	25
Cwmdare	21
Clwydyfagwyr	12
Abercwmboi	9
Cwmaman	8

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

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 Cynon 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 Cynon compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cynon and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Cynon is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Park	98
2	Aberdare East	98
3	Maerdy	98
4	Rhigos	98
5	Mountain Ash East	98
6	Pen-y-waun	98
7	Aberaman South	98
8	Cwmbach	97
9	Aberaman North	97
10	Cyfarthfa	97
11	Aberdare West/Llwydcoed	96

Which road in Cynon has the highest level of crime?

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