Crime Statistics for Golynos, Abertillery Community, Torfaen, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Golynos in August 2024. There were a total of 187 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 Golynos, 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	84
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Public Order	24
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Shoplifting	12
Vehicle Crime	8
Other Theft	4
Other Crime	3
All Crime	187

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 Golynos. 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 Golynos

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pontnewynydd (2.24 miles)	122
Abertillery (Abertyleri) (2.48 miles)	116
Abertyleri (Abertillery) (2.48 miles)	116
Golynos	94
Talywain (0.62 miles)	87
Garndiffaith (0.88 miles)	75
Abersychan (0.88 miles)	71
Cwm Ffrwd-oer (1.96 miles)	68
Cwmavon (1.75 miles)	35
British (0.62 miles)	25

Where are the most violent places near Golynos?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Golynos	84
Pontnewynydd	51
Abertillery (Abertyleri)	45
Abertyleri (Abertillery)	45
Abersychan	37
Talywain	30
Cwm Ffrwd-oer	30
Garndiffaith	25
Cwmavon	12
British	11

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

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 Golynos 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 Golynos compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Trevethin	99
2	St. Cadocs and Penygarn	99
3	Brynwern	99
4	Snatchwood	99
5	Abertillery	99
6	Blaenavon	99
7	Cwmtillery	98
8	Six Bells	98
9	Abersychan	98
10	Pontnewynydd	98
11	Wainfelin	98

Which road in Golynos has the highest level of crime?

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