Castle vs Dowlais and Pant

Castle has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 5,477 crimes in the last 12 months. Dowlais and Pant has a safety score of 28/100 (Below Average) with 651 crimes. Dowlais and Pant scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Castle shows a year-on-year crime trend of -1.7% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Dowlais and Pant shows -10.9% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Castle, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (1,840 incidents). In Dowlais and Pant, it is Violent Crime (227 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Castle recorded 827 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Dowlais and Pant recorded 76. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Castle totalled 1,840 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 227 in Dowlais and Pant. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Castle recorded 5,574 crimes (now 5,477, a change of -1.7%). Dowlais and Pant recorded 731 crimes previously (now 651, -10.9%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Castle has a resolution rate of 29.2% and Dowlais and Pant has 14%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Castle falls within the South Wales Police boundary. Dowlais and Pant is covered by South Wales Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Castle and Dowlais and Pant. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.