Total Crime Rate

500.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

145.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 500.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 194.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 145.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.1 10/10
  • Public order 38.2 10/10
  • Robbery 13.9 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Porthcawl Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 25th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Porthcawl Road (CF5 5HU) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 255.6% higher than the Caerau average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 145.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Porthcawl Road (CF5 5HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Porthcawl Road, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Addison Crescent (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Porthcawl Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cowbridge Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Caerau Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pyle Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Lon-Y-Castell Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prendergast Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heol Trefgarne —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Trefgarne Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Addison Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nottage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Heol-Y-Berllan Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saundersfoot Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Heol Trelai Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Trelai Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Saundersfoot Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Ogmore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Ogmore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ogmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tidenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pant-Y-Deri Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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