Total Crime Rate
90.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holly Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fairwater , and the 397th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Holly Road (CF5 3HH) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Fairwater average (96.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holly Road (CF5 3HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laburnum Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fairwater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Plas-Mawr Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frewer Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Frewer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frewer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plas-Mawr Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bwlch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reardon Smith Court | Awaiting court outcome |
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