Total Crime Rate

475.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 475.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 423.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Rhodfa Sweldon area has the 4th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Baruc , and the 5th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Vale of Glamorgan .

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 Rhodfa Sweldon (CF62 5AD) in the last 12 months was 475.7 per 1,000 residents and was 398.0% higher than the Baruc average (95.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 113 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 11200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rhodfa Sweldon (CF62 5AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heol Gwendoline, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rhodfa Sweldon area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rhodfa Cambo Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hilda Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilda Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cei Tir Y Castell Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cei Tir Y Castell Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cei Tir Y Castell Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cei Tir Y Castell Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neptune Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Edward Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heol Gwendoline Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neptune Road Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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