Total Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silver Birch Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Llandaff North , and the 342nd lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Silver Birch Close (CF14 1EP) in the last 12 months was 40.2 per 1,000 residents and was 58.6% lower than the Llandaff North average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silver Birch Close (CF14 1EP), the main crime hotspot is near Aberdore Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberbran Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maelog Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aberporth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glas Canol | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberteifi Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heol Amlwch | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Waterston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heol Gabriel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matthewson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aberdore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberbran Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberbran Road | — |
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