Total Crime Rate

116.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 65.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.9 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Telford Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 278th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Telford Street (CF11 6EH) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% lower than the Riverside average (164.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Telford Street (CF11 6EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mandeville Street, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Telford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Neville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Neville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Clare Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Heath Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wells Street Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wells Street Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gloucester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brunel Street
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Brunel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Neville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Neville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Smeaton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Wyndham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Trevethick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Trevethick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brunel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Telford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mansfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Smeaton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Machen Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Machen Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lewis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rawden Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rawden Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences De Burgh Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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