Total Crime Rate

14.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 14.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Kings Road area has the lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 110th 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 Kings Road (CF11 9DE) in the last 12 months was 14.9 per 1,000 residents and was 90.9% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (CF11 9DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Iestyn Street, where police recorded 162 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ann Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ann Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ann Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ann Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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