Total Crime Rate
22.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kirkland Court area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Penylan , and the 196th lowest crime rate of 1,013 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 Kirkland Court (CF23 5BA) in the last 12 months was 22.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% lower than the Penylan average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirkland Court (CF23 5BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Angus Street, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Claude Place (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Claude Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottrell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bangor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bangor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angus Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bangor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bangor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Claude Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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