Total Crime Rate
61.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Orange Grove area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fairwater , and the 501st 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 Orange Grove (CF5 3SW) in the last 12 months was 61.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% lower than the Fairwater average (96.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (β 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orange Grove (CF5 3SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cedar Grove, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Honeysuckle Grove (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fairwater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cedar Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roche Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Roche Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pinehurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentrebane Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elderberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elderberry Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maple Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elderberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yewtree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yewtree Close | Under investigation |
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