Postcode · Bridgend
Crime in CF31 3LS
How much crime is recorded in CF31 3LS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pen-y-fai, Laleston & Merthyr Mawr
- Council
- Bridgend
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,850 (2024)
CF31 3LSBridgend
How safe is CF31 3LS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CF31 3LS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
62
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CF31 3LSNational
Shoplifting19.68.4
Violence and sexual offences14.023.6
Anti-social behaviour8.710.7
Public order7.54.6
Other theft4.14.5
Burglary3.59.1
Other crime2.31.5
Criminal damage and arson1.64.7
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Robbery0.61.4
Drugs0.52.4
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 33% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.