Crime in Caerphilly district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (7,192), anti-social behaviour (3,563) and criminal damage and arson (2,009) made up 68% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 83rd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

The year to August 2026 had the most recorded crime in Caerphilly district of any year here (18,886 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 20%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Caerphilly district recorded notably more criminal damage and arson (68% above the national rate), public order (63% above the national rate) and anti-social behaviour (31% above the national rate), and notably less bicycle theft (70% below) and shoplifting (69% below). On the year before, robbery rose from 61 to 97 and vehicle crime rose from 659 to 1,007, while shoplifting fell from 630 to 466 and other theft fell from 960 to 762.

What each category covers: crime categories.

15,093 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Caerphilly district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 85.3 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was up 2% on the year ending March 2025 (14,850), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Caerphilly district had the 94th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Offences recorded in Caerphilly district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was stalking and harassment, with 2,582 offences (17% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for arson (5.0 times the national rate), miscellaneous crimes against society (1.6 times the national rate) and public order offences (1.5 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for bicycle theft (0.21 times), shoplifting (0.34 times) and robbery of personal property (0.46 times).

The largest rises on the year were in robbery of personal property (+95%) and arson (+49%). The largest falls were in trafficking of drugs (−30%) and other theft offences (−12%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in Caerphilly district since the year ending March 2013

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2013 to 2026. Caerphilly district's rate was above the England and Wales rate in 4 of those 14 years and below it in 10. Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the Gwent Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 5 districts in the Gwent Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Caerphilly district had the 2nd lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

5 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Caerphilly district; the highest is Blaenau Gwent (148.5 per 1,000) and the lowest Vale of Glamorgan (73.1).

Of the 59 areas within Caerphilly district, Van had the highest crime rate (185.5 per 1,000) and Pen-pedair-heol the lowest (39.4), 5 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 16% of the crime recorded in Caerphilly district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (855).

Of the 15,323 crimes in Caerphilly district with a recorded outcome, 26% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 3.2% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 3,563 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Caerphilly district has an estimated population of 176,865 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has less private renting (13%, against 20%), more residents with no qualifications (24%, against 18%) and fewer students (5.7%, against 7.9%). On the Wales WIMD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Caerphilly district average decile 4.9 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.