Total Crime Rate

60.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.0 10/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.6 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Heathfield Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Gabalfa , and the 490th lowest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heathfield Road (CF14 3JX) in the last 12 months was 60.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% lower than the Gabalfa average (87.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heathfield Road (CF14 3JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parkfield Place, where police recorded 76 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 Heathfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banastre Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Quentin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Bryn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pen-Y-Bryn Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newfoundland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Mark'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maitland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A470 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Banastre Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Heathfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Bryn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castlefield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Pen-Y-Bryn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pen-Y-Bryn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pen-Y-Bryn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Bryn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Maitland Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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