Total Crime Rate

309.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

83.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 309.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 170.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 83.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Glandovey 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.

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Crime Over Time in Glandovey Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookfield Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Trebanog Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canopus Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Trebanog Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Trebanog Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Greenock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Trefaser Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tresigin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tresigin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Tresigin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Greenock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abergele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tresigin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cath Cob Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aberdaron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tarwick Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tarwick Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tarwick Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tarwick Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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