Total Crime Rate

6.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

3.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 6.3 1/10
  • Violent crimes 3.2 1/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cowbridge Road East area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Canton , and the 28th lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowbridge Road East (CF5 1BB) in the last 12 months was 6.3 per 1,000 residents and was 92.8% lower than the Canton average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowbridge Road East (CF5 1BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tintern Street, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pembrook Mews (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowbridge Road East area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tintern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembrook Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Forrest Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romilly Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Avenue West Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Avenue West Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Norfolk Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Lionel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clos Gedrych Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clos Gedrych Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clive Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nottingham Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Nottingham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembrook Mews —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembrook Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembrook Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsland Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Grosvenor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tintern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tintern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tintern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tintern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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