Crime /
What police say they are focusing on in each Merthyr Tydfil neighbourhood
Antisocial behavior - taff bargoed park, vehicular anti-social behaviour - college car park and drug dealing and anti-social behaviour - balaclava road are the most common priorities.
Neighbourhood policing teams across Merthyr Tydfil have published the issues they say they are concentrating on. The most common are antisocial behavior - taff bargoed park, vehicular anti-social behaviour - college car park and drug dealing and anti-social behaviour - balaclava road.
| Neighbourhood | Current priorities |
|---|---|
| Bedlinog and Trelewis | Antisocial Behavior - Taff Bargoed Park |
| Cyfarthfa | Vehicular Anti-Social Behaviour - College Car Park |
| Dowlais and Pant | Drug Dealing and Anti-Social Behaviour - Balaclava Road |
| Gurnos | Homelessness / Rough Sleeping - Field opposite Yew Close |
| Merthyr Vale | Anti-social Behaviour - Aberfan Fawr |
| Park | Drug Dealing - Brecon Road |
| Penydarren | Speeding - Church Street, Penydarren; Parking Issues - District St and Surrounding Junctions |
| Plymouth (Merthyr) | Anti-Social Behaviour in Abercanaid; Parking Problems - Pentrebach Playing Fields |
| Town (Merthyr) | Drug related activity - Church St.; Drug Dealing from vehicles at Bryntirion Road / Union St. |
| Treharris | Antisocial Behaviour/E-scooters/Off road bikes – Treharris Square |
| Vaynor | Off-Road Bikes - Upper & Lower Vaynor Road |
Priorities are set by South Wales Police neighbourhood teams, usually after public meetings and surveys.
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