Total Crime Rate
128.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Corporation Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Grangetown , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Corporation Road (CF11 7AR) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% higher than the Grangetown average (113.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corporation Road (CF11 7AR), the main crime hotspot is near Ludlow Close. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blaenclydach Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abercynon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blaenclydach Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ludlow Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taff Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blaenclydach Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Llanbradach Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Llanbradach Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coedcae Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bargoed Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ludlow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forrest Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forrest Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coedcae Street | Under investigation |
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