Postcode · Penarth
Crime in CF64 1GW
How much crime is recorded in CF64 1GW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Penarth
- Council
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,472 (2024)
CF64 1GWPenarth
How safe is CF64 1GW
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CF64 1GW 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
22.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
77
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).
CF64 1GWNational
Shoplifting31.38.4
Violence and sexual offences15.223.6
Public order9.04.6
Anti-social behaviour6.510.7
Burglary6.39.1
Other theft4.04.5
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Robbery1.71.4
Other crime1.01.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Drugs0.42.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 34% 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.