Total Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gladstone Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Baruc , and the 173rd highest 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 (CF63 1NL) in the last 12 months was 60.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gladstone Road (CF63 1NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Llanover Street, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abingdon Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Davies Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guthrie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bassett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Robert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Guthrie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lower Guthrie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burlington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aneurin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hillary Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunt Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hunt Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunt Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Llanover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Davies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Davies Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davies Street | Under investigation |
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