Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Drugs 15.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.6 3/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 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

Bute Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Butetown , and the 416th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bute Street (CF10 5HR) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% lower than the Butetown average (249.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bute Street (CF10 5HR), the main crime hotspot is near Angelina Street. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bute Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corvette Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft West Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Loudoun Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Glanrheidol Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hodges Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodges Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angelina Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angelina Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Angelina Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Angelina Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodges Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodges Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Stryd Bute Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hodges Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hannah Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodfa Lloyd George Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Loudoun Place
Sep 2025Theft from the person Loudoun Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clos Glanhowny Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dumballs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Schooner Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clos Glanhowny Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clos Glanhowny Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clos Glanhowny Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Schooner Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clos Glanhowny Under investigation

Data Sources

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