Total Crime Rate

140.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 140.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.6 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Pen Y Garn Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 227th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pen Y Garn Road (CF5 4BW) in the last 12 months was 140.9 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 78.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

Crime Over Time in Pen Y Garn Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heol Muston Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cymric Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Place —
Sep 2025Public order Mill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maureen Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cymric Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charteris Road —
Sep 2025Public order Charteris Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penygarn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heol-Y-Felin Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heol-Y-Felin Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ronald Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Muston Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.