Total Crime Rate

211.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 211.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 94.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Public order 33.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Mill Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 120th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Place (CF5 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 211.4 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% higher than the Caerau average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 94.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mill Place (CF5 4AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Place, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ronald Place (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mill Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollycroft Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pengwern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pencader Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pendine Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Llangynidr Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pendoylan Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Pendoylan Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Penygarn Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penygarn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penygarn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pengwern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ronald Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pengwern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Mill Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mill Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Maureen Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Maureen Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Llandetty Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ronald Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ronald Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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