Crime Statistics for Ystradowen, Neath Port Talbot, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ystradowen in July 2024. There were a total of 6 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 Ystradowen, 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 Crime4
Anti Social Behaviour1
Burglary1
All Crime6

Map of street level crime incidents in July 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ystradgynlais (2.24 miles)53
Cwmgiedd (1.96 miles)39
Cwm-twrch Isaf (1.39 miles)23
Tairgwaith (2.48 miles)19
Loughor (1.89 miles)17
Afon Twrch (0.48 miles)8
Cwmllynfell (0.62 miles)8
Ystradowen6
Rhosaman (1.75 miles)4
Cwm-twrch Uchaf (0.62 miles)4

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Where are the most violent places near Ystradowen?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cwmgiedd32
Ystradgynlais22
Tairgwaith14
Loughor9
Cwm-twrch Isaf8
Cwmllynfell8
Afon Twrch4
Ystradowen4
Rhosaman2
Cwm-twrch Uchaf2

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

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 Ystradowen 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 Ystradowen compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ystradowen and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Ystradowen have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Ystradgynlais.

#WardScore
1Ystradgynlais97
2Ynyscedwyn97
3Ystalyfera97
4Garnant96
5Aber-craf96
6Cwm-twrch96
7Quarter Bach96
8Lower Brynamman96
9Godre'r graig95
10Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen95
11Cwmllynfell95

Which road in Ystradowen has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: July 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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