Total Crime Rate

286.2 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 286.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 94.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.3 8/10
  • Other theft 47.2 10/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Drugs 15.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ferry Court area has the 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Butetown , and the 71st highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ferry Court (CF11 0JD) in the last 12 months was 286.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% higher than the Butetown average (249.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 75.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferry Court (CF11 0JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near O'Leary Drive, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ferry Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ferry Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting O'Leary Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Drive —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morel Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morel Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ferry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting O'Leary Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting O'Leary Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cory Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Seager Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatterton Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ferry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatterton Square Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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