Postcode · Cardiff
Crime in CF23 5DY
How much crime is recorded in CF23 5DY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pen-y-lan South
- Council
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,263 (2024)
CF23 5DYCardiff
How safe is CF23 5DY
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CF23 5DY area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CF23 5DYNational
Vehicle crime8.43.5
Violence and sexual offences5.823.6
Burglary5.49.1
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Other theft3.14.5
Public order2.74.6
Anti-social behaviour2.310.7
Shoplifting0.98.4
Other crime0.51.5
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Drugs0.02.4
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.