Total Crime Rate

259.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 259.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 123.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ffordd Nowell area has the 4th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Penylan , and the 78th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ffordd Nowell (CF23 9FH) in the last 12 months was 259.0 per 1,000 residents and was 177.1% higher than the Penylan average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ffordd Nowell (CF23 9FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norwich Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harlequin Court (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ffordd Nowell area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hammond Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Salmon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Graham Close
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Watford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Watford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Watford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Watford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harlequin Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harlequin Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harlequin Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harlequin Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harlequin Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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