Total Crime Rate

185.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 185.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.4 9/10
  • Public order 28.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Robbery 12.1 9/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.1 4/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Penarth Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Grangetown , and the 149th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Penarth Road (CF11 6NL) in the last 12 months was 185.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% higher than the Grangetown average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 98.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penarth Road (CF11 6NL), the main crime hotspot is near Franklen Street. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Penarth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penhevad Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Machen Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franklen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clive Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Clive Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Durham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clive Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clive Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Clive Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clive Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Machen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Machen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Machen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Franklen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Warwick Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Warwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangetown Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grangetown Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grangetown Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grangetown Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stockland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stockland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Havelock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pentrebane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pentre Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Clive Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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