Total Crime Rate

59.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 59.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Perclose area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Dinas Powys , and the 181st highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Vale of Glamorgan .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Perclose (CF64 4JL) in the last 12 months was 59.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% higher than the Dinas Powys average (45.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Perclose (CF64 4JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vale Court, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Murch Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Perclose area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Plas Essyllt Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Waun Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Teilo Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Plas Essyllt Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vale Court —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Perclose Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Powys Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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