Total Crime Rate

640.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

199.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 640.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 199.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 192.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 118.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.2 10/10
  • Public order 67.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 58.0 10/10
  • Burglary 37.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.5 10/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Robbery 11.6 9/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowbridge Road East area has the highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 14th 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 Cowbridge Road East (CF11 9AP) in the last 12 months was 640.4 per 1,000 residents and was 288.8% higher than the Riverside average (164.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 199.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowbridge Road East (CF11 9AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Picton Place, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowbridge Road East area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/67)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rolls Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rolls Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Library Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Library Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Library Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gray Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Springfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Turberville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Library Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Turberville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wyndham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turberville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Picton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Picton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Leckwith Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Leckwith Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leckwith Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Glynne Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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