Crime Rate in Pontprennau and Old St Mellons, ward

Pontprennau and Old St Mellons has the 9th lowest crime rate of 28 wards in Cardiff district and the 2831st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Pontprennau and Old St Mellons in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% lower than the Cardiff district average (114.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Pontprennau and Old St Mellons’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 312 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -22.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 436 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Pontprennau and Old St Mellons ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 91 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Blackbirds Way (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.