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Crime in CF5 6BS

How much crime is recorded in CF5 6BS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Neighbourhood
Peterston-super-Ely & Wenvoe
Council
Vale of Glamorgan
Region
Wales
Neighbourhood population
1,651 (2024)
Crime

How safe is CF5 6BS

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CF5 6BS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
19.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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 6BSNational
Shoplifting19.98.4
Violence and sexual offences14.823.6
Public order6.44.6
Anti-social behaviour4.110.7
Vehicle crime3.93.5
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Burglary2.59.1
Other theft1.54.5
Other crime1.41.5
Drugs1.22.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.31.4
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat 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.

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