Total Crime Rate
128.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Cathedral Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 264th 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 Lower Cathedral Road (CF11 6LT) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower than the Riverside average (164.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Cathedral Road (CF11 6LT), the main crime hotspot is near Mandeville Street. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 47 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Machen Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Neville Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Neville Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Neville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rawden Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rawden Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Machen Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Machen Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandeville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mandeville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mandeville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mandeville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Cathedral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mandeville Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coldstream Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plantagenet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plantagenet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coldstream Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clare Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Despenser Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Despenser Gardens | Under investigation |
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