Total Crime Rate
157.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aberdaron Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Pontprennau and Old St Mellons , and the 190th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 Aberdaron Road (CF3 1SF) in the last 12 months was 157.9 per 1,000 residents and was 152.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 91.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aberdaron Road (CF3 1SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abergele Road, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trebanog Close (26 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 | Abergele Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trowbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abergele Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abergele Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Newydd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trowbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trowbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Trowbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glan-Y-Mor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Borth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glan-Y-Mor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolgoch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abergele Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morfa Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abergele Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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