Crime Statistics for Lisvane, Cardiff, Cardiff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lisvane in August 2024. There were a total of 77 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lisvane, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	23
Other Theft	9
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Other Crime	8
Vehicle Crime	7
Shoplifting	7
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	2
Burglary	1
All Crime	77

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lisvane. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Lisvane

We've taken the ten nearest places to Lisvane and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Lisvane has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Heath (2.56 miles)	260
Cyncoed (1.86 miles)	255
Birchgrove (2.24 miles)	237
Caerffili (Caerphilly) (2.63 miles)	192
Rhydypennau (1.51 miles)	148
Rhiwbina (2.24 miles)	131
Lisvane	77
Began (2.48 miles)	66
Bwlch-y-cwm (2.48 miles)	21
Rudry (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Lisvane?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Lisvane and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Cyncoed	112
Caerffili (Caerphilly)	78
Heath	59
Birchgrove	58
Rhydypennau	42
Rhiwbina	32
Lisvane	23
Began	20
Bwlch-y-cwm	12
Rudry	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Lisvane?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Lisvane to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Lisvane compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lisvane and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Lisvane is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	St. James	98
2	Pontprennau/Old St. Mellons	97
3	St. Martins	97
4	Gabalfa	97
5	Pentwyn	96
6	Whitchurch and Tongwynlais	96
7	Heath	95
8	Llanishen	95
9	Rhiwbina	95
10	Cyncoed	95
11	Lisvane	95

Which road in Lisvane has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Lisvane with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Fidlas Road.