Total Crime Rate
103.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Templeton Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Cyncoed , and the 349th 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 5JL) in the last 12 months was 103.7 per 1,000 residents and was 173.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 658.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Templeton Avenue (CF14 5JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cheam Place (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cyncoed| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tegfan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tegfan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheam Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilwern Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Coed Cochwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trecastle Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Llanon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Watton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
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