Total Crime Rate
340.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cardiff Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen , and the 19th highest crime rate of 791 local areas in Rhondda Cynon Taf .
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 Cardiff Road (CF15 7RD) in the last 12 months was 340.6 per 1,000 residents and was 265.6% higher than the Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen average (93.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cardiff Road (CF15 7RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Llys Hafn (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Taff's Well| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heol-Y-Nant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ffordd Yr Afon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ffordd Yr Afon | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd Yr Afon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tabor Street | Under investigation |
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