Total Crime Rate
12642.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wood Street 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 Wood Street (CF10 1EW) 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 Wood Street (CF10 1EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 629 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 | Shoplifting | Bakers Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Eglwys Fair | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theme/Adventure Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theme/Adventure Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Eglwys Fair | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Eglwys Fair | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theme/Adventure Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Plas Yr Neuadd | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plas Yr Neuadd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plas Yr Neuadd | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plas Yr Neuadd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plas Yr Neuadd | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plas Yr Neuadd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plas Yr Neuadd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plas Yr Neuadd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Drugs | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theme/Adventure Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heol Eglwys Fair | Under investigation |
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