Total Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cowbridge Road East area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Canton , and the 292nd 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 1HE) in the last 12 months was 33.3 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% lower than the Canton average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowbridge Road East (CF5 1HE), 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.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembrook Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clive Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clos Gedrych | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clos Gedrych | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembrook Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lionel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Loftus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesta Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forrest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grosvenor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preswylfa Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembrook Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembrook Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romilly Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nottingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nottingham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Avenue West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembrook Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pembrook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tintern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tintern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tintern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembrook Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ethel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembrook Mews | Under investigation |
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