Total Crime Rate

258.4 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 258.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.8 10/10
  • Public order 33.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.5 9/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Virgil Court area has the 5th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Grangetown , and the 80th 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 Virgil Court (CF11 6PE) in the last 12 months was 258.4 per 1,000 residents and was 120.3% higher than the Grangetown average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 129.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Virgil Court (CF11 6PE), the main crime hotspot is near Franklen Street. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Virgil Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Grangetown Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Machen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Durham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Franklen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Franklen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franklen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedwas Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedwas Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maitland Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amyas Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Machen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Machen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Machen Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangetown Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stafford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ty-Nant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Clive Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Warwick Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Durham Street
Sep 2025Burglary Warwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Havelock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grangetown Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Langham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Street
Sep 2025Drugs Grangetown Under investigation

Data Sources

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