Total Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Talbot Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 419th lowest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Talbot Street (CF11 9BX) in the last 12 months was 49.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.0% lower than the Riverside average (164.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Talbot Street (CF11 9BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Picton Place, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Picton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Picton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Picton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Picton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Picton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Picton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rolls Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clos Dewi Saint | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolls Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolls Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolls Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pitman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dyfrig Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cathedral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Plasturton Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plasturton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Morgan Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Morgan Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sophia Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ryder Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clos Dewi Saint | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ann Street | Under investigation |
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