Total Crime Rate
211.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
94.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heol Muston 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 Heol Muston (CF5 4BE) 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 Heol Muston (CF5 4BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Place, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plymouth Wood Road (31 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 | Cherrydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Place | — |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pengwern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Place | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plymouth Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ronald Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ronald Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pencader Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pencader Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Llandetty Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maureen Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penygarn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penygarn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penygarn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pengwern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Plymouth Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Llangatto Road | Under investigation |
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