Total Crime Rate

68.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 68.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.7 6/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 1.3 1/10
  • Drugs 1.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

The Woodlands area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lisvane and Thornhill , and the 497th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Woodlands (CF14 0SW) in the last 12 months was 68.1 per 1,000 residents and was 139.0% higher than the Lisvane and Thornhill average (28.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 332.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Woodlands (CF14 0SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Woodlands, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Millwood (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Woodlands area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order The Woodlands Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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