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

Cwrt Yr Ala Road 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 Cwrt Yr Ala Road (CF5 5QS) 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 Cwrt Yr Ala Road (CF5 5QS), the main crime hotspot is near Cwrt-Yr-Ala Avenue. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cwrt Yr Ala Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Trenewydd —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Trenewydd Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heol-Y-Gaer Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Clos Briallen Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol-Y-Castell —
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Data Sources

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