Total Crime Rate

112.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Festiniog Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Llandaff North , and the 293rd highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Festiniog Road (CF14 2QS) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Festiniog Road (CF14 2QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near College Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Colwill Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Festiniog Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Gabalfa Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Boncath Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aberdulais Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watson Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour College Road
Apr 2026Other theft Gabalfa Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boncath Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Heol Pencarreg Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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