Postcode · Cardiff
Crime in CF5 5RE
How much crime is recorded in CF5 5RE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Caerau West
- Council
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,047 (2024)
How safe is CF5 5RE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 32.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CF5 5RE area, broadly in line with 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
32.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
65
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).
CF5 5RENational
Violence and sexual offences30.223.6
Anti-social behaviour8.210.7
Criminal damage and arson7.34.7
Public order6.34.6
Drugs4.02.4
Other theft3.94.5
Other crime2.81.5
Burglary2.19.1
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% 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.