Total Crime Rate
91.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hodges Square area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Butetown , and the 394th 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 Hodges Square (CF10 5JT) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.4% lower than the Butetown average (249.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hodges Square (CF10 5JT), 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.
View Crime In Butetown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Loudoun Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Angelina Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodges Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodges Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stryd Bute | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Loudoun Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hodges Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhodfa Lloyd George | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heol Glanrheidol | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Angelina Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Chandlery Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angelina Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angelina Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | West Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clos Glanhowny | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clos Glanhowny | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clos Glanhowny | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clos Glanhowny | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clos Glanhowny | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chandlery Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hannah Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hodges Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dumballs Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodges Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Loudoun Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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