Total Crime Rate

170.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.6 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 170.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 97.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.2 9/10
  • Public order 40.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.1 8/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Pen Y Garn Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pen Y Garn Road (CF5 4BW) in the last 12 months was 170.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pen Y Garn Road (CF5 4BW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pen Y Garn Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Heol-Y-Felin Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pendine Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cymric Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime St Davids Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clos Ceirios
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Clos Ceirios Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Place
Apr 2026Public order Mill Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mill Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other theft Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pengwern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pengwern Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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