Total Crime Rate
32.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bute Terrace area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Cathays , and the 287th lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bute Terrace (CF10 2FE) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 88.5% lower than the Cathays average (284.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bute Terrace (CF10 2FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 908 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Y Tollty (180 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hayes Bridge Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bute Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millicent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tresillian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tresillian Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tresillian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresillian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresillian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Herbert | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Herbert | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Herbert | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stryd Herbert | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bute Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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