Total Crime Rate

86.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 69.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forster Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Cadoc , and the 105th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Vale of Glamorgan .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forster Street (CF63 2JE) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% lower than the Cadoc average (97.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forster Street (CF63 2JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Llanover Street, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Holmes Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Forster Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hunt Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mendip View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belle Vue Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Oban Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cotswold Rise —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northcote Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Northcote Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vere Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Lower Holmes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lower Holmes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lower Holmes Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Holmes Street —
Apr 2026Public order Main Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Main Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moxon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foster Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foster Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Moxon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Quarella Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Llanover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hunt Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Abingdon Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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