Crime Rates at St John Street, Cardiff, CF10 1GJ

St John Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Cathays , and the 19th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St John Street (CF10 1GJ) in the last 12 months was 658.7 per 1,000 residents and was 125.1% higher than the Cathays average (292.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 144 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 139 (≈ 222.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St John Street (CF10 1GJ), 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.