Overview of Caerphilly crime rate
Securing the 9th position among 25 adjacent boroughs in crime rates, Caerphilly recorded 17,250 incidents in 2023. With 175,952 inhabitants, the crime rate stands at 98.04 incidents per 1,000 people, marking a 4.16% increase from the previous year.
In Caerphilly, the most frequent crime categories are Violence and sexual offences (42.9%), Anti-social behaviour (19.2%), and Public order (13.1%), while the rarest are Robbery (0.4%), Theft from the person (0.2%), and Bicycle theft (0.1%).
The area is divided into 31 wards. Wards experiencing higher crime rates include Twyn Carno (211.4), New Tredegar (143.0), and Blackwood (142.5). Meanwhile, the safest wards are Darran Valley (65.2), Machen and Rudry (60.1), and Penmaen (53.4).
Caerphilly crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 7395 (42.9)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 3305 (19.2)%
- Public order – 2262 (13.1)%
- Other theft – 978 (5.7)%
- Vehicle crime – 803 (4.7)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 660 (3.8)%
- Shoplifting – 513 (3.0)%
- Other crime – 406 (2.4)%
- Drugs – 363 (2.1)%
- Burglary – 309 (1.8)%
- Possession of weapons – 135 (0.8)%
- Robbery – 63 (0.4)%
- Theft from the person – 35 (0.2)%
- Bicycle theft – 23 (0.1)%
How does Caerphilly compare against nearby areas ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
- Somerset West and Taunton (83.2)
- Neath Port Talbot (82.4)
- North Somerset (80.7)
- Vale of Glamorgan (80.5)
- Carmarthenshire (78.1)
- Bath and North East Somerset (77.8)
- Herefordshire, County of (73.0)
- Stroud (71.8)
- Forest of Dean (69.8)
- South Gloucestershire (68.8)
- Powys (68.2)
- Monmouthshire (67.6)
- Mendip (63.5)
Heat map for all nearby areas Caerphilly is compared against
Crime rates in Caerphilly wards
There are 31 wards within Caerphilly. Twyn Carno, New Tredegar, Blackwood has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
List of all 31 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Twyn Carno (211.4)
- New Tredegar (143.0)
- Blackwood (142.5)
- Risca West (139.6)
- Aberbargoed and Bargoed (137.2)
- Morgan Jones (119.8)
- Van (115.8)
- Moriah and Pontlottyn (115.1)
- Ystrad Mynach (115.0)
- Crosskeys (105.4)
- St Martins (Caerphilly) (100.2)
- Cefn Fforest and Pengam (99.2)
- Gilfach (97.2)
- Bedwas and Trethomas (94.8)
- Llanbradach (94.1)
- Risca East (92.0)
- Maesycwmmer (87.1)
- Abercarn (87.0)
- Hengoed (Caerphilly) (84.9)
- Newbridge (Caerphilly) (82.2)
- St Cattwg (82.1)
- Ynysddu (81.4)
- Aber Valley (78.4)
- Argoed (76.8)
- Penyrheol (76.2)
- Pontllanfraith (76.0)
- Nelson (Caerphilly) (67.3)
- Crumlin (66.9)
- Darran Valley (65.2)
- Machen and Rudry (60.1)
- Penmaen (53.4)
Analyze trends and crime types for Caerphilly wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Caerphilly
There are 15 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Caerphilly. Highest crime rates in NP22, NP24, NP13 .
- NP22 – 295.4
- NP24 – 283.2
- NP13 – 256.8
- CF81 – 241.4
- NP11 – 185.9
- CF82 – 180.2
- NP12 – 179.1
- CF83 – 170.9
- CF14 – 140.0
- NP10 – 124.5
- CF48 – 118.4
- CF37 – 110.1
- CF15 – 103.2
- CF3 – 93.2
- CF46 – 73.0
Postcode districts in Caerphilly
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