Total Crime Rate
112.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Festiniog 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.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gabalfa Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boncath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdulais Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gabalfa Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boncath Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heol Pencarreg | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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