Total Crime Rate

92.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.5 1/10
  • 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

Heritage Drive area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 388th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Heritage Drive (CF5 5QD) in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% lower 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heritage Drive (CF5 5QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lauriston Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cwrt-Yr-Ala Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heritage Drive area

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Data Sources

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