Total Crime Rate
214.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Heol Y Porthladd area has the 19th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Baruc , and the 30th highest crime rate of 432 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 Heol Y Porthladd (CF63 4AP) in the last 12 months was 214.3 per 1,000 residents and was 124.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 119.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heol Y Porthladd (CF63 4AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fryatt Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Baruc| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merganser Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Thompson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thompson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thompson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Merganser Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merganser Court | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merganser Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cei Dafydd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Merganser Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryatt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryatt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryatt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thompson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanfa Dafydd | Under investigation |
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