Total Crime Rate

380.6 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 380.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 146.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 29.3 10/10
  • Public order 24.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 15.8 6/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wedmore Road 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 Wedmore Road (CF11 6SG) 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 Wedmore Road (CF11 6SG), the main crime hotspot is near Tudor Lane. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wedmore Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/48)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craddock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allerton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Despenser Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stafford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Clare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Clare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allerton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Despenser Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Allerton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Allerton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allerton Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Warwick Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Warwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Despenser Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Despenser Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Telford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tudor Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machen Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machen Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merches Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merches Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tudor Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tudor Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tudor Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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