Total Crime Rate

89.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 46.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pencisely Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Canton , and the 382nd highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pencisely Road (CF5 1EB) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the Canton average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pencisely Road (CF5 1EB), the main crime hotspot is near Preswylfa Street. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pencisely Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Llandaff Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime A4119 Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Greenfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beacon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Beacon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clive Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beacon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Dulwich Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bloom Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pen-Hill Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pen-Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cwrt Penhill —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Preswylfa Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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