Total Crime Rate
511.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fitzhamon Embankment area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 26th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fitzhamon Embankment (CF11 6AN) in the last 12 months was 511.2 per 1,000 residents and was 211.1% higher than the Riverside average (164.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 85.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 197.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fitzhamon Embankment (CF11 6AN), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tudor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tudor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tudor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tudor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzhamon Embankment | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Fitzhamon Embankment | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
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