Total Crime Rate

49.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Talbot 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.

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Crime Over Time in Talbot Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rolls Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clos Dewi Saint Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pitman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dyfrig Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cathedral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Plasturton Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Plasturton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Morgan Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Morgan Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sophia Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ryder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clos Dewi Saint Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ann Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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