Total Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gladstone Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Baruc , and the 98th 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 Gladstone Road (CF62 8NB) in the last 12 months was 21.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gladstone Road (CF62 8NB), the main crime hotspot is near Kendrick Road. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 105 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kendrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buttrills Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buttrills Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kendrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendrick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kendrick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beryl Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beryl Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beryl Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kendrick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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