Safety in Pontrhydfendigaid · police.uk, 2023–2026
Crime recorded by police in Pontrhydfendigaid
The crimes police recorded inside Pontrhydfendigaid’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are below; Pontrhydfendigaid has no Safety Grade. This Dyfed town has fewer than 1,000 residents, and Safety is graded from 1,000: below that, a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way. The local count comes to 32.5 violent and sexual offences and 1.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year.
Violent crime
32.5
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
1.2
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
2.4
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
6
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
1
homes & vehicles
1
shoplifting & theft
35
of the three, per 1,000
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 3 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
9 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 8 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
PontrhydfendigaidUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
PontrhydfendigaidUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Dyfed Powys Police published four months short or not at all (Jan 2024, Feb 2024, Mar 2024 and Apr 2024), so the line breaks there and those months are left out of the rates. “Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month).
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences25.6
Public order19.2
Anti-social behaviour9.6
Other crime6.4
Criminal damage & arson3.2
Other theft3.2
Possession of weapons3.2
Shoplifting0
Burglary0
Drugs0
Vehicle crime0
Bicycle theft0
Robbery0
Theft from the person0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
8
25.6
16.6
Public order
not graded
6
19.2
2.4
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
3
9.6
5.3
Other crime
not graded
2
6.4
1.1
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
1
3.2
3.2
Other theft
not graded
1
3.2
2.5
Possession of weapons
Violent
1
3.2
0
Shoplifting
not graded
0
0
0
Burglary
Home & vehicle
0
0
1.6
Drugs
not graded
0
0
0.6
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
0
0
1.5
Bicycle theft
not graded
0
0
0
Robbery
Violent
0
0
0
Theft from the person
not graded
0
0
0
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Some months are short. Dyfed Powys Police published January 2024, February 2024, March 2024 and April 2024 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
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Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
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Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Pontrhydfendigaid sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Pontrhydfendigaid
Is Pontrhydfendigaid safe?
Police recorded 32.5 violent and sexual offences and 1.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Pontrhydfendigaid’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Pontrhydfendigaid?
Police recorded 9 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 8 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Pontrhydfendigaid?
Violence & sexual offences: 8 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (6) and other crime (2), with 3 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: Angella Streluk · CC BY-SA 2.0