Total Crime Rate
83.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hollycroft Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 429th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Hollycroft Close (CF5 4AN) in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% lower than the Caerau average (151.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollycroft Close (CF5 4AN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 219 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Caerau| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Norbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Norbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Norbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pendine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Norbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Baylis Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Riverside Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riverside Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherrydale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollycroft Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aintree Drive | — |
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