Total Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maple Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Fairwater , and the 420th 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 Maple Road (CF5 3TY) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% lower than the Fairwater average (93.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maple Road (CF5 3TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cedar Grove, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beechley Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shamrock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elderberry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elderberry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elderberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Summerwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Summerwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treetops Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treetops Close | Under investigation |
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