Crime Rate in Fairwater, ward

Fairwater has the 14th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Cardiff district and the 1926th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Fairwater in the last 12 months was 93.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Cardiff district average (110.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Fairwater’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 438 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 26.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -36.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 597 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Fairwater ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 134 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Lavender Grove (33 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.