Total Crime Rate

179.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 179.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 89.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Public order 16.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bramble Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Baruc , and the 36th 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 Bramble Avenue (CF62 7JN) in the last 12 months was 179.8 per 1,000 residents and was 88.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bramble Avenue (CF62 7JN), the main crime hotspot is near Greenbanks Drive. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bramble Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Mavis Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Mavis Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heritage Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heritage Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heritage Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heritage Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Mavis Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Thistle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Usk Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbanks Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbanks Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Greenbanks Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodstock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwm Parc Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cwm Parc
Sep 2025Drugs Aeron Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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