Total Crime Rate
380.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mardy Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Grangetown , and the 47th 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 Mardy Street (CF11 6QT) in the last 12 months was 380.6 per 1,000 residents and was 224.5% higher than the Grangetown average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 108.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 447.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mardy Street (CF11 6QT), 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 Grangetown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Despenser Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzhamon Embankment | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentre Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Fitzhamon Embankment | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hafod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pentre Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clare Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Monmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pentre Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentre Place | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentre Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentre Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentre Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Despenser Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plantagenet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plantagenet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pentre Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Despenser Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tudor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
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