Total Crime Rate
96.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cherrydale Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 356th 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 Cherrydale Road (CF5 4AL) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% lower than the Caerau average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cherrydale Road (CF5 4AL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 185 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clarke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heol-Y-Felin | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clos Eiddiw | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pendine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pendine Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lougher Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vincent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vincent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pendoylan Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pendoylan Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pengwern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pengwern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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