Total Crime Rate
144.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heol Hir area has the 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Cyncoed , and the 211th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heol Hir (CF14 5AA) in the last 12 months was 144.4 per 1,000 residents and was 297.0% higher than the Cyncoed average (36.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 88.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 362.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heol Hir (CF14 5AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Llanishen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trecastle Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ty-Glas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hunt Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ty-Glas Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ty-Glas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilwern Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trecastle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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