Total Crime Rate
111.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barry Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Baruc , and the 78th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Vale of Glamorgan .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barry Road (CF62 9BE) in the last 12 months was 111.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% higher than the Baruc average (95.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -32.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barry Road (CF62 9BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Police Station, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hywel Crescent (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Baruc| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hywel Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Llewellyn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Willows Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Willows Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hannah Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hywel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hywel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maes-Y-Cwm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbonsdown Rise | Under investigation |
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