Total Crime Rate

86.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

28.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 86.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 28.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Penllyn Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Canton , and the 397th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Penllyn Road (CF5 1NW) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.2% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penllyn Road (CF5 1NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penllyn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leckwith Place —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Turberville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Public order Springfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bassett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Leckwith Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Leckwith Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Library Street —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Library Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Library Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Llandaff Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Welby Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Turberville Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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