Total Crime Rate
152.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paget Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Grangetown , and the 195th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 Paget Street (CF11 7LA) in the last 12 months was 152.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% higher than the Grangetown average (113.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 80.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paget Street (CF11 7LA), the main crime hotspot is near York Place. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 54 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 | Other crime | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clive Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangetown | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amherst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amherst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forrest Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Fagan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forrest Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Earl Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | York Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bromsgrove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stockland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grangetown | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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