Total Crime Rate
111.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Channel View Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Butetown , and the 297th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 Channel View Road (CF11 7HY) in the last 12 months was 111.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% lower than the Butetown average (235.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Channel View Road (CF11 7HY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Campbell Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chatterton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shearman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrison Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrison Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harrison Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrison Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrison Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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