Total Crime Rate
134.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitchurch Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Gabalfa , and the 248th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitchurch Road (CF14 3JP) in the last 12 months was 134.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% higher than the Gabalfa average (87.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitchurch Road (CF14 3JP), 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.
View Crime In Gabalfa| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Y Porth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Maitland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Maitland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newfoundland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pen-Y-Bryn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pen-Y-Bryn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heathfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Y Porth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heathfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Y Porth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quentin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pen-Y-Bryn Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pen-Y-Bryn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pen-Y-Bryn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curll Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pen-Y-Bryn Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pen-Y-Bryn Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Summerfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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