Total Crime Rate
309.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glandovey Grove area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Pontprennau and Old St Mellons , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
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 Glandovey Grove (CF3 1RL) in the last 12 months was 309.6 per 1,000 residents and was 394.7% higher than the Pontprennau and Old St Mellons average (62.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 52.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 83.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glandovey Grove (CF3 1RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abergele Road, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tresigin Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trebanog Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canopus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trebanog Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trebanog Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Greenock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trefaser Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresigin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresigin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tresigin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tresigin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cath Cob Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdaron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarwick Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tarwick Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tarwick Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tarwick Drive | Under investigation |
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