Total Crime Rate

49.1 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 49.1 5/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Woodruff Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lisvane and Thornhill , and the 416th lowest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodruff Way (CF14 9FP) in the last 12 months was 49.1 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% higher than the Lisvane and Thornhill average (28.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodruff Way (CF14 9FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornhill Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clos-Y-Carlwm (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodruff Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angelica Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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