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Crime Rates in Bridgend, local authority district

Crime Rate

86.2

Low 4/10

Last updated: 06.11.2024

Annual total crime rate in Bridgend, (local authority district) is 86.2 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 4 out of 10 or low crime level compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Crime rates in Bridgend (local authority district) by type

Violence and sexual offences 34 5/10

Anti-social behaviour 11.2 4/10

Public order 10.7 8/10

Shoplifting 8.04 5/10

Criminal damage and arson 6.39 4/10

Other theft 4.52 2/10

Vehicle crime 3 3/10

Other crime 2.54 6/10

Burglary 2.43 3/10

Drugs 1.97 4/10

Possession of weapons 0.529 3/10

Theft from the person 0.406 2/10

Bicycle theft 0.33 2/10

Robbery 0.296 2/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2023 - Sept 2024

Above are annual crime rates in Bridgend (local authority district) by crime type.

The figures in black represent the number of crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in Bridgend (local authority district).

The figures in grey indicate the relative ratings of Bridgend (local authority district) for a specific crime type compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

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Historical crime rates in Bridgend (local authority district) and Wales (region)

Number of crimes per 1000 resident population

Bridgend
LAD
Wales
county

Data source: data.police.uk

Crime rate ratings in Bridgend (local authority district)

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

Horizontal: area ratings based on annual total crime rate per 1000 resident population.

Vertical: number of areas

Data source: data.police.uk

Annual total crime rates in local authority districts of Bridgend (local authority district)

Ward name	Crime Rate
1. Nottage	18.9 low
2. Rest Bay	24.3 low
3. Nant-y-moel	43 low
4. Brackla East Central	43.5 low
5. Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr	45.9 low
6. Ogmore Vale	52.3 low
7. Pen-y-fai	52.6 low
8. Brackla West Central	59.5 low
9. Pencoed and Penprysg	62.5 low
10. Llangynwyd	64.4 low
11. Blackmill	64.6 low
12. Newton	73.1 low
13. Aberkenfig	74.2 low
14. Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr	76.6 low
15. Coity Higher	77.3 low
16. Garw Valley	78.7 low
17. Cefn-glas	79.3 low
18. St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre	82 low
19. Brackla East and Coychurch Lower	82.1 low
20. Brackla West	87.3 low
21. Maesteg West	88.3 low
22. Porthcawl West Central	101 low
23. Cornelly	102 low
24. Maesteg East	108 low
25. Caerau	108 low
26. Oldcastle	136 medium
27. Porthcawl East Central	139 medium
28. Bridgend Central	185 medium

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2023 - Sept 2024

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