Total Crime Rate

209.8 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 209.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.7 10/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Other crime 17.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowbridge Road West area has the 8th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 125th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Cowbridge Road West (CF5 5BQ) in the last 12 months was 209.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 71.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowbridge Road West (CF5 5BQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cowbridge Road West area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Epsom Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollycroft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollycroft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pendine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aintree Drive —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aintree Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollycroft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cherrydale Road —
Sep 2025Public order Heol-Y-Felin Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heol-Y-Felin Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clos Rhedyn Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baylis Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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