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Crime · Cwmeldeg
Reported crime in the community of Nelson
331 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 74 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the community of Nelson, which includes Cwmeldeg. There are no separate figures for Cwmeldeg. What each figure covers
Total incidents
331
Rate / 1,000
74
Categories
13
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 141 | 43% |
| Anti social behaviour | 41 | 12% |
| Vehicle crime | 29 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 27 | 8% |
| Public order | 22 | 7% |
| Burglary | 21 | 6% |
| Other theft | 16 | 5% |
| Drugs | 9 | 3% |
| Other crime | 9 | 3% |
| Shoplifting | 7 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 5 | 2% |
| Robbery | 2 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 17 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 141 |
| Anti social behaviour | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 41 | |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 29 | ||
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 | |
| Public order | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | |
| Burglary | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |
| Other theft | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | |||
| Drugs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Shoplifting | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Robbery | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 25 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 49 | 25 | 331 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Cwmeldeg, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 4,468.