Postcode · Barry
Crime in CF62 9UR
How much crime is recorded in CF62 9UR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Gibbonsdown
- Council
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,160 (2024)
CF62 9URBarry
How safe is CF62 9UR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CF62 9UR 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
19.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
35
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).
CF62 9URNational
Violence and sexual offences13.523.6
Burglary7.59.1
Anti-social behaviour3.910.7
Public order3.54.6
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Vehicle crime3.03.5
Shoplifting1.38.4
Drugs0.92.4
Other theft0.94.5
Theft from the person0.82.1
Other crime0.71.5
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Possession of weapons0.20.9
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.