Crime Rates at Penally Road, Cardiff, CF5 5PD

Penally Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Penally Road (CF5 5PD) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penally Road (CF5 5PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cloister Court, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bromley Drive (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.