Total Crime Rate
14.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Margarets Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Whitchurch and Tongwynlais , and the 101st lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Margarets Road (CF14 7AB) in the last 12 months was 14.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% lower than the Whitchurch and Tongwynlais average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 5 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Margarets Road (CF14 7AB), the main crime hotspot is near Park View Court. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penlline Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penlline Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitchurch | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitchurch | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Curlew Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park View Court | — |
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