Crime /
What police say they are focusing on in each Bridgend neighbourhood
Antisocial behaviour (vehicular), asb – use of e-scooters and e-bikes (throughout ward) and road safety & speeding - aberkenfig village are the most common priorities.
Neighbourhood policing teams across Bridgend have published the issues they say they are concentrating on. The most common are antisocial behaviour (vehicular), asb – use of e-scooters and e-bikes (throughout ward) and road safety & speeding - aberkenfig village.
| Neighbourhood | Current priorities |
|---|---|
| Aberkenfig | Road safety & Speeding - Aberkenfig Village; .Parking concerns obstructive or dangerous parking |
| Blackmill | Off Road motorbikes & illegal vehicle use - Mynydd y Gaer, Blackmill |
| Brackla East Central | ASB around the Community Centre; Antisocial Behaviour – 4G pitch, Archbishop McGrath; Shoplifting and Retail Crime – Co Op |
| Brackla East and Coychurch Lower | Parking concerns near Coychurch Primary School; Speeding – Bridgend Industrial Estate & Coychurch |
| Brackla West | Road Safety & Speeding - Industrial Estate; Parking in the Industrial Estate; Vehicle Anti-social behaviour |
| Brackla West Central | Road Safety & Speeding - Princess Way; Drug use & Dealing - Glendower Close; Drug use & Dealing - Heol Y Coed Rise |
| Bridgend Central | Homeless people – People sleeping in doorway on Adare Street; Shoplifting and Retail Crime – Boots, Caroline Street |
| Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr | Broadlands - Speeding (B4622) & Fly Tipping (A48); Shoplifting & Retail Crime - Bryntirion; ASB - Merthyr Mawr, Dipping Bridge |
| Caerau (Bridgend) | Off-road motorbikes & illegal vehicle use; Shoplifting & retail crime |
| Cefn-glas | Road Safety & Speeding - Llangewydd Road and Heol Frenhines; Drug Use and Dealing; ASB – Use of E-scooters and E-bikes (Throughout ward) |
| Coity Higher | Youth ASB - Parc Derwen Estate, Coity; ASB - McArthur Glen |
| Cornelly | Road Safety & Speeding - Curwen Ter, North Cornelly; Antisocial Behaviour - Cornelly Community Centre |
| Garw Valley | Parking concerns - obstructive or dangerous parking around schools; Road Safety & Speeding - |
| Llangynwyd | Antisocial behaviour - Community Hall |
| Maesteg East | Antisocial behaviour (vehicular) |
| Maesteg West | Shoplifting - Aldi & B&M; Antisocial behaviour - Town Centre; ASB - Criminal damage/youth nuisance, Maesteg Welfare Park |
| Nant-y-Moel | Off Road motorbikes & illegal vehicle use - Mynydd Ton |
| Newton | ASB – Trecco Bay; Road Safety & Speeding- Bridgend Road; ASB – Use of E-scooters and E-bikes (Throughout ward) |
| Nottage | Road Safety & Speeding - West Park Drive; Parking concerns – Fulmar Road; Parking concerns – Outside of West Park Primary School |
| Ogmore Vale | Antisocial behaviour and off-road bikes |
| Oldcastle | Shoplifting and Retail Crime – Texaco, Cowbridge Road; Parking Concerns - Brynteg Comprehensive School; Anti-social behaviour – Halo Bridgend Life Centre |
| Pen-y-Fai | Road Safety & Speeding - Heol Tyn y Garn; Road Safety & Speeding - Penyfai Road; Antisocial behaviour (vehicular) |
| Pencoed and Penprysg | ASB - Vehicles / Road Safety / E-Scooters; Shoplifting and Retail Crime; Drug Dealing |
| Porthcawl East Central | ASB – Porthcawl Metrolink; ASB – Harbour; ASB – Griffin Park |
| Porthcawl West Central | Road Safety & Speeding - A4106; Drug use & dealing – (Throughout ward); ASB – Youths accessing derelict buildings |
| Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr | Antisocial behaviour (vehicular) - open cast site / Crown Road; Antisocial Behaviour Off road bikes - Law Street, Cefn Cribwr |
| Rest Bay | Road Safety & Speeding - Fulmar Road; Vehicle crime - Rest Bay car park; Parking concerns – residential areas in Rest Bay |
| St. Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre | Antisocial behaviour (vehicular); Road safety & Speeding - Bryn Rd/Abergarw Rd, Brynmenyn |
Priorities are set by South Wales Police neighbourhood teams, usually after public meetings and surveys.
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