Total Crime Rate
90.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ferndale Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Grangetown , and the 396th 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 Ferndale Street (CF11 7BA) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ferndale Street (CF11 7BA), 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.
View Crime In Grangetown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ferndale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dinas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Corporation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Corporation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Franklen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hafod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Taffs Mead Embankment | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Dinas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferndale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A4160 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A4160 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pentrebane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Penhevad Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Durham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corporation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferndale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pentre Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coedcae Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Blaenclydach Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Franklen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Llanbradach Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Llanbradach Street | Under investigation |
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