Total Crime Rate

90.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.8 8/10
  • Burglary 23.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ferndale 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ferndale Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ferndale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dinas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Corporation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Corporation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Franklen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hafod Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Taffs Mead Embankment —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dinas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferndale Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4160 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A4160 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pentrebane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Penhevad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Durham Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Durham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Corporation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferndale Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pentre Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grange Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coedcae Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blaenclydach Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Franklen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llanbradach Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llanbradach Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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