Crime Rate in Fairwater, ward

Fairwater has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Cardiff district and the 1874th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Fairwater in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.3% lower than the Cardiff district average (114.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Fairwater’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 453 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 8 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 622 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Fairwater ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 135 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Honeysuckle Grove (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.