Crime and Safety in Llantwit Major
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Llantwit Major is among the top 10 safest small towns in the preserved county of South Glamorgan, and is the 26th most dangerous overall out of South Glamorgan's 55 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Llantwit Major in 2026 is 45 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to South Glamorgan's overall crime rate, coming in 38% lower than the South Glamorgan rate of 73 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Llantwit Major is the 307th safest small town, and the 3,413rd most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In December 2020, Llantwit Major had the worst crime rate in South Glamorgan for theft from the person, with 2 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.21 per 1,000 daytime population. And in January 2025, Llantwit Major was the worst small town in South Glamorgan for other theft, with 8 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.82 per 1,000 daytime population. March 2025 was also a bad month for Llantwit Major residents, when it was South Glamorgan's most dangerous small town for robbery, recording 1 crime at a rate of 0.10 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Llantwit Major are violence and sexual offences, with 236 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 24. This is 6% higher than 2025's figure of 223 offences and a difference of 1.30 from 2025's crime rate of 23. Llantwit Major's least common crime is robbery, with 0 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 0% from 2025's figure of 1 crime.
Llantwit Major 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Safest
Small Towns, South Glamorgan
26% lower, regional crime rate
Wales
37% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Llantwit Major is 26% lower than Wales and 37% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Llantwit Major Crime Rate Over Time
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Llantwit Major Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Llantwit Major represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Llantwit Major's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Llantwit Major up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Llantwit Major's 233 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Llantwit Major • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Llantwit Major has a crime risk score of 528. This is based on analysis of 233 nearby areas within Llantwit Major, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Llantwit Major's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Llantwit Major, crime risk scores are typically around 528, while in South Glamorgan they are average 482.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 502 (500 for South Glamorgan), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 455 (South Glamorgan 503).
Trends in Crime Risk
Llantwit Major
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
No trend could be found in Llantwit Major's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Llantwit Major's crime risk score is up by 25%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Over the last year, Llantwit Major's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 12%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Llantwit Major
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Llantwit Major • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 0.30 reports per 1,000 people in Llantwit Major, which is 1.50 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 3 crime reports logged by South Wales Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, South Wales Police recorded 53 reports of Public Order in Llantwit Major, resulting in a crime rate of 5.43 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.94.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 0.80 times the national average at 24 reports per 1,000. This is from 236 crime reports reported to South Wales Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.85 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.64 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 33% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.71 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.56 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 27% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.29 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 2.09 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 86% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Llantwit Major • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Llantwit Major | South Glamorgan | Wales | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 64 | 6.57 | 0.46 | 6,196 | 10.20 | 0.72 | 37,683 | 10.96 | 0.78 |
| Bicycle Theft | 2 | 0.21 | 3.00 | 851 | 1.40 | 1.92 | 1,599 | 0.46 | 0.63 |
| Burglary | 16 | 1.63 | 0.57 | 1,514 | 2.50 | 0.80 | 6,704 | 1.94 | 0.62 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 29 | 2.96 | 0.47 | 3,860 | 6.36 | 1.01 | 21,045 | 6.12 | 0.97 |
| Drugs | 5 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 1,383 | 2.27 | 0.73 | 7,344 | 2.14 | 0.69 |
| Other Crime | 12 | 1.22 | 1.12 | 1,100 | 1.81 | 0.98 | 6,008 | 1.76 | 0.95 |
| Other Theft | 23 | 2.36 | 0.45 | 2,840 | 4.67 | 0.82 | 13,307 | 3.88 | 0.68 |
| Possession of Weapons | 3 | 0.30 | 1.50 | 507 | 0.83 | 0.98 | 2,296 | 0.68 | 0.80 |
| Public Order | 53 | 5.43 | 0.94 | 5,404 | 8.90 | 1.53 | 23,747 | 6.91 | 1.19 |
| Robbery | - | - | - | 675 | 1.13 | 0.96 | 1,461 | 0.43 | 0.36 |
| Shoplifting | 50 | 5.15 | 0.79 | 6,020 | 9.90 | 1.39 | 19,180 | 5.58 | 0.78 |
| Theft From the Person | - | - | - | 365 | 0.60 | 0.39 | 1,019 | 0.28 | 0.18 |
| Vehicle Crime | 13 | 1.33 | 0.62 | 3,372 | 5.54 | 1.29 | 8,617 | 2.52 | 0.59 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 236 | 24.26 | 0.80 | 16,509 | 27.17 | 0.89 | 99,099 | 28.83 | 0.95 |
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Total Crime by Year
Llantwit Major | South Glamorgan | Wales | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 442 | 45.37 | 0.74 | 44,400 | 73.08 | 1.02 | 211,426 | 61.53 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 398 | 41.04 | 0.64 | 47,355 | 77.87 | 1.05 | 257,229 | 75.28 | 1.02 |
| 2024 | 349 | 35.89 | 0.61 | 49,190 | 81.40 | 1.08 | 238,672 | 70.43 | 0.93 |
| 2023 | 355 | 36.73 | 0.56 | 46,540 | 77.98 | 0.99 | 255,615 | 75.95 | 0.96 |
| 2022 | 365 | 38.06 | 0.58 | 44,438 | 75.81 | 0.99 | 245,565 | 73.85 | 0.96 |
| 2021 | 346 | 36.74 | 0.64 | 40,024 | 68.75 | 1.00 | 217,266 | 65.68 | 0.96 |
| 2020 | 376 | 40.66 | 0.65 | 46,163 | 79.92 | 1.08 | 237,502 | 72.15 | 0.97 |
| 2019 | 354 | 38.17 | 0.58 | 47,974 | 83.50 | 1.10 | 244,905 | 74.66 | 0.98 |
| 2018 | 400 | 42.81 | 0.70 | 45,316 | 79.06 | 1.11 | 218,341 | 66.57 | 0.94 |
| 2017 | 342 | 36.56 | 0.68 | 43,800 | 76.83 | 1.20 | 199,059 | 60.80 | 0.95 |
| 2016 | 100 | 10.76 | 0.65 | 13,219 | 23.20 | 1.22 | 61,849 | 18.94 | 0.99 |
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Llantwit Major Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton | 1,301 | 72.75 | 60% more dangerous |
| Rumney | 699 | 69.90 | 54% more dangerous |
| Trowbridge | 1,592 | 73.16 | 61% more dangerous |
| Fairwater | 1,003 | 71.10 | 57% more dangerous |
| Pentwyn | 555 | 61.09 | 35% more dangerous |
| Gabalfa | 802 | 64.31 | 42% more dangerous |
| Llanishen | 813 | 62.15 | 37% more dangerous |
| Splott | 714 | 60.10 | 32% more dangerous |
| Llandaff | 452 | 48.23 | 6% more dangerous |
| Whitchurch | 778 | 51.00 | 12% more dangerous |
| Llantwit Major | 442 | 45.37 | - |
| Dinas Powys | 313 | 38.09 | 16% safer |
| Penarth | 1,026 | 42.53 | 6% safer |
| Cyncoed | 371 | 30.27 | 33% safer |
| Rhiwbina | 368 | 30.81 | 32% safer |
Comparing Llantwit Major to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Llantwit Major | 45.37 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 75% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 82% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 85% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 116% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 131% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 132% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 135% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 136% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 137% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 176% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Llantwit Major's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Llantwit Major that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Canolfan Hamdden Llanilltud Fawr | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Seaview Park | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | 2 |
| Mill-lay Common | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 |
Recent Crimes in Llantwit Major
The 20 most recent crime reports in Llantwit Major.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Trevelyan Court | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Flint Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Trevelyan Court | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Crawshay Drive | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Church Street | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Ham Lane East | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Castle Close | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Castle Close | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Le Pouliguen Close | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Le Pouliguen Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Le Pouliguen Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Monmouth Way | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Curlew Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Turkey Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Trevelyan Court | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Le Pouliguen Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Flint Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Boverton Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Le Pouliguen Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Pembroke Place |
Methodology & Data Sources
Llantwit Major Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Llantwit Major during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Llantwit Major Data Points
For Llantwit Major, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value W04000918.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Llantwit Major's daytime - or "workday" - population of 6,950 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Llantwit Major