Total Crime Rate

19.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 19.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Canada Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Gabalfa , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 1,028 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 Canada Road (CF14 3BW) in the last 12 months was 19.5 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% lower than the Gabalfa average (87.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canada Road (CF14 3BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitchurch Road, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pen-Y-Bryn Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Canada Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banastre Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Banastre Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A470 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Summerfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pen-Y-Bryn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pen-Y-Bryn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curll Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pen-Y-Bryn Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Bryn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heathfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Bryn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Bryn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newfoundland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pen-Y-Bryn Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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