Total Crime Rate

95.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 47.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 35.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Amroth Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 359th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 Amroth Road (CF5 5DT) in the last 12 months was 95.0 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Amroth Road (CF5 5DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clos Ceirios, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Solva (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Amroth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old School Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bromley Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bromley Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bromley Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heol Solva
Apr 2026Other theft Bromley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bishopston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Bromley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clos Ceirios Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clos Rhedyn Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Ceirios Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Clos Ceirios Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clos Ceirios Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Clos Ceirios Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clos Ceirios Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clos Ceirios
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clos Rhedyn Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bromley Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clos Rhedyn Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canaston Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clos Rhedyn Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Clos Eiddiw Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Canaston Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broadfield Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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