Total Crime Rate

137.1 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 137.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.5 9/10
  • Other crime 12.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Herbert Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Baruc , and the 59th 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 Herbert Street (CF63 1EA) in the last 12 months was 137.1 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Herbert Street (CF63 1EA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Herbert Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hywel Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Willows Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chesterfield Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cawley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Springfield Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hannah Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Willows Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Islwyn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geraint Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geraint Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Merlin Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hywel Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Llewellyn Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Rise
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Herbert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbonsdown Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Herbert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hywel Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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