Total Crime Rate

49.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Keyston Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fairwater , and the 417th lowest crime rate of 1,028 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 Keyston Road (CF5 3NF) in the last 12 months was 49.1 per 1,000 residents and was 49.3% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keyston Road (CF5 3NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kerrigan Close, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cosheston Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Keyston Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cosheston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kerrigan Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cosheston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cosheston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kerrigan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterhall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amethyst Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cosheston Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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