Total Crime Rate

111.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Public order 14.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Holmesdale Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Grangetown , and the 321st 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 Holmesdale Street (CF11 7HE) in the last 12 months was 111.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% lower than the Grangetown average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holmesdale Street (CF11 7HE), the main crime hotspot is near York Place. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holmesdale Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hewell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Amherst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grange Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grange Gardens
Sep 2025Other crime York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ludlow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clive Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Oakley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Penhevad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penhevad Street
Sep 2025Other theft St Fagan'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beecher Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clive Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clive Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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