Total Crime Rate

658.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 658.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 230.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 155.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.9 10/10
  • Public order 59.3 10/10
  • Other theft 41.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.2 10/10
  • Burglary 19.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Drugs 9.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.6 8/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.6 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Working 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 Working Street (CF10 1GN) 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 Working Street (CF10 1GN), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Working Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Eglwys Fair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Eglwys Fair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Eglwys Fair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Eglwys Fair Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Eglwys Fair Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Heol Eglwys Fair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Eglwys Fair
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Eglwys Fair
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Eglwys Fair
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heol Eglwys Fair Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Working Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Heol Y Drindod Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Heol Eglwys Fair Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heol Eglwys Fair Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Tyr Brodyr Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Eglwys Fair Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bakers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bakers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bakers Row Under investigation

Data Sources

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