Total Crime Rate
12642.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mill Lane area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Cathays , and the highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Lane (CF1 1FL) in the last 12 months was 12642.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4220.0% higher than the Cathays average (292.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 740 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 7 cases , down -30.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 11.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -48.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 977 (≈ 5815.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Lane (CF1 1FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 650 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Eglwys Fair (310 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cathays| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Heol Eglwys Fair | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tresillian Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tresillian Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Heol Eglwys Fair | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Heol Eglwys Fair | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heol Eglwys Fair | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tresillian Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tresillian Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tresillian Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tresillian Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Tresillian Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tresillian Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
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