Total Crime Rate

161.9 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 161.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.1 9/10
  • Public order 39.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Bromley Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Bromley Drive (CF5 5EZ) in the last 12 months was 161.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 125.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bromley Drive (CF5 5EZ), 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 Bromley Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Solva Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heol Solva Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haverford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Ebwy Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Ebwy Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Ebwy Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Solva
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llandow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Narberth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Heol Solva Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Pennar Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bishopston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Amroth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Solva Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Solva Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Heol Eglwys Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Solva Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clos Rhedyn Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Old School Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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