Total Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peterswell Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Dyfan , and the 172nd 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 Peterswell Road (CF62 7NB) in the last 12 months was 36.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower than the Dyfan average (54.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peterswell Road (CF62 7NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plas Cleddau, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aeron Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aeron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aeron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plas Cleddau | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plas Cleddau | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plas Cleddau | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claude Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plas Cleddau | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plas Cleddau | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plas Cleddau | — |
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