Total Crime Rate

128.7 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 128.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.2 9/10
  • Public order 23.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Other theft 14.6 9/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cowbridge Road East area has the 18th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 264th 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 Cowbridge Road East (CF11 9AE) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower than the Riverside average (164.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowbridge Road East (CF11 9AE), the main crime hotspot is near Mandeville Street. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowbridge Road East area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/59)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Despenser Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Neville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clos Dewi Saint Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clos Dewi Saint Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heath Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Clare Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Cathedral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Despenser Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Machen Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machen Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Machen Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Neville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mandeville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mandeville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mandeville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mandeville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mandeville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rawden Mews —
Sep 2025Public order Rawden Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mandeville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mandeville Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sophia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Despenser Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Neville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clos Dewi Saint Under investigation
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Data Sources

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