Crime Statistics for Gilfach Goch, Penygraig, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Gilfach Goch in September 2024. There were a total of 23 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 Gilfach Goch, 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 Crime13
Criminal Damage Arson6
Anti Social Behaviour2
Public Order1
Other Crime1
All Crime23

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 Gilfach Goch. 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 Gilfach Goch

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Tonypandy (1.96 miles)148
Bryn Golau (1.39 miles)116
Tonyrefail (1.96 miles)64
Ty’n-y-bryn (1.75 miles)50
Edmondstown (1.39 miles)33
Blaen Clydach (2.48 miles)33
Gilfach Goch23
Hendreforgan (0.62 miles)20
Evanstown (0.62 miles)13
Ely (0.62 miles)9

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



Where are the most violent places near Gilfach Goch?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Tonypandy75
Bryn Golau51
Tonyrefail31
Ty’n-y-bryn20
Edmondstown18
Gilfach Goch13
Hendreforgan12
Blaen Clydach10
Evanstown10
Ely4

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

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 Gilfach Goch 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 Gilfach Goch compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Gilfach Goch and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Gilfach Goch is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Llwyn-y-pia98
2Trealaw98
3Pen-y-graig98
4Cwm Clydach97
5Tonypandy97
6Porth97
7Tonyrefail East96
8Gilfach Goch96
9Blackmill96
10Tonyrefail West96
11Penprysg95

Which road in Gilfach Goch has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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