Total Crime Rate

93.0 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 93.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Chancery Lane area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 386th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chancery Lane (CF11 6EA) in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% lower 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chancery Lane (CF11 6EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Picton Place, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chancery Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ninian Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chancery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Picton Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Picton Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Picton Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndham Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Morgan Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Picton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Morgan Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rolls Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littleton Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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