Total Crime Rate
139.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
111.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sloper Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Canton , and the 219th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sloper Road (CF11 8AE) in the last 12 months was 139.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% higher than the Canton average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 3.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 111.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sloper Road (CF11 8AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunraven Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunraven Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartley Wilson Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartley Wilson Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Donats Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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