Total Crime Rate

126.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.5 7/10
  • Other theft 23.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Pen Y Wain Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 273rd 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 Pen Y Wain Lane (CF24 4GH) in the last 12 months was 126.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% higher than the Plasnewydd average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pen Y Wain Lane (CF24 4GH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crwys Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daviot Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pen Y Wain Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crwys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crwys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clun Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shirley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tewkesbury Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shirley Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ty'N-Y-Coed Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ty'N-Y-Coed Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ty'N-Y-Coed Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Braeval Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daviot Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braeval Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daniel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Morlais Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mackintosh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pen-Y-Wain Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monthermer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tewkesbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daviot Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edmond'S Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crwys Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Crwys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Crwys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daviot Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pen-Y-Wain Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pen-Y-Wain Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edmond'S Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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