Total Crime Rate
21.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Claude Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Baruc , and the 99th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Vale of Glamorgan .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Claude Road (CF62 7JF) in the last 12 months was 21.8 per 1,000 residents and was 73.1% lower than the Baruc average (81.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Claude Road (CF62 7JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Baird Rise, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heritage Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanmore Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aeron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baird Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aeron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Heritage Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heritage Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodstock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodstock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heritage Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ruthen Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gadlys Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buttrills Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buttrills Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Buttrills Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Baird Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barrians Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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