Total Crime Rate
64.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Llandow Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 501st lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Llandow Road (CF5 5ES) in the last 12 months was 64.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Llandow Road (CF5 5ES), the main crime hotspot is near Cymric Close. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cymric Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cymric Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bromley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clos Ceirios | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishopston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clos Ceirios | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clos Ceirios | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Narberth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadfield Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Narberth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cymric Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cymric Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cymric Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cymric Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bromley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Davids Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clos Ceirios | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newgale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chepstow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chepstow Close | Under investigation |
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