Total Crime Rate
111.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holmesdale 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.
View Crime In Grangetown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hewell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Amherst Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grange Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | York Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | York Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | York Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludlow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clive Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Oakley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Penhevad Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penhevad Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Fagan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beecher Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clive Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clive Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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