Crime Rates at Pencader Road, Cardiff, CF5 4BU

Pencader Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 156th 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 Pencader Road (CF5 4BU) in the last 12 months was 180.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pencader Road (CF5 4BU), 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.