Crime Rate in Dinas Powys, ward

Dinas Powys has the 6th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Vale of Glamorgan district and the 2094th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Dinas Powys in the last 12 months was 43.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% lower than the Vale of Glamorgan district average (71.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dinas Powys’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 159 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 212 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dinas Powys ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Caerphilly Close, with 27 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Criccieth Court (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.