Total Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 82.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 62.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.0 8/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Tidenham Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 418th 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 Tidenham Road (CF5 5EF) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tidenham Road (CF5 5EF), the main crime hotspot is near Porthcawl Road. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tidenham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Chepstow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Heol Trelai Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pant-Y-Deri Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Carnau Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Carnau Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newgale Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ogmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ogmore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chepstow Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newgale Place —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Trelai Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tapley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Centurion Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prendergast Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Saundersfoot Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saundersfoot Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Centurion Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tidenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Centurion Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Ogmore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Porthcawl Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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