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

Taff Embankment 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 Taff Embankment (CF11 7BE) 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 Taff Embankment (CF11 7BE), the main crime hotspot is near Ferry Terminal. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Taff Embankment area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crawshay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pentre Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferry Terminal —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferry Terminal —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ferry Terminal Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Taffs Mead Embankment —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pentre Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentre Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentre Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ferndale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentre Place Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Pentre Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferndale Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferry Terminal —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hafod Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Corporation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Corporation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Corporation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llanbradach Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llanbradach Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blaenclydach Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coedcae Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crawshay Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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