Postcode · Cardiff
Crime in CF23 9AF
How much crime is recorded in CF23 9AF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pen-y-lan South
- Council
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,036 (2024)
CF23 9AFCardiff
How safe is CF23 9AF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 40.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CF23 9AF area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
40.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
125
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 9AFNational
Shoplifting27.78.4
Violence and sexual offences22.123.6
Public order15.64.6
Anti-social behaviour13.610.7
Burglary12.79.1
Vehicle crime11.43.5
Criminal damage and arson9.54.7
Other theft8.24.5
Drugs3.82.4
Robbery2.51.4
Other crime2.51.5
Bicycle theft2.01.0
Theft from the person1.82.1
Possession of weapons1.70.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 14% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.