Total Crime Rate
37.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Edington Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Gabalfa , and the 318th lowest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edington Avenue (CF14 3QF) in the last 12 months was 37.2 per 1,000 residents and was 57.3% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edington Avenue (CF14 3QF), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 71 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gabalfa| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Y Porth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heathfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Banastre Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Banastre Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Y Porth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Summerfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Whitchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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