Total Crime Rate

74.4 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 74.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Templeton Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Cyncoed , and the 468th highest 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 Templeton Avenue (CF14 5JJ) in the last 12 months was 74.4 per 1,000 residents and was 96.5% higher than the Cyncoed average (37.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Templeton Avenue (CF14 5JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Llanon Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Llangranog Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Templeton Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Windmill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llangranog Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Coed Cochwyn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trecastle Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Watton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llangranog Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Llangranog Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Llangranog Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Apollo Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bardsey Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gilwern Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llanon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendale Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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