Total Crime Rate
834.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Caerphilly Road area has the highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Cyncoed , and the 13th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Caerphilly Road (CF14 5ES) in the last 12 months was 834.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2102.8% higher than the Cyncoed average (37.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 202.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caerphilly Road (CF14 5ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smith Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cyncoed| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ffordd Ty Unnos | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ffordd Ty Unnos | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ffordd Ty Unnos | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ffordd Ty Unnos | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tasker Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchgrove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tatham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watkins Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Mostyn Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waun-Y-Groes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waun-Y-Groes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glas Efail | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glas Efail | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waun-Y-Groes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waun-Y-Groes Road | Under investigation |
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