Police-recorded · Merthyr Tydfil · South Wales Police
Violence and sexual offences in Merthyr Tydfil
12 months to June 2026
41.1per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 2,401 violence and sexual offences offences in Merthyr Tydfil in the 12 months to June 2026, up 4.7% (108) on the previous 12 months. That is 41.1 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 58,362
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
437 (partial)
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June 2012
597
10.1
2012
June 2013
585
10.0
2013
June 2014
759
12.9
2014
June 2015
1,082
18.4
2015
June 2016
1,483
25.0
2016
June 2017
1,802
30.4
2017
June 2018
1,941
32.7
2018
June 2019
2,077
35.1
2019
June 2020
2,058
34.8
2020
June 2021
2,163
36.7
2021
June 2022
2,202
37.4
2022
June 2023
2,236
38.1
2023
June 2024
2,542
43.3
2024
June 2025
2,293
39.3
2025
June 2026
2,401
41.1
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.