Total Crime Rate

368.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 368.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 236.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 56.0 8/10
  • Robbery 28.0 10/10
  • Burglary 20.0 10/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.0 2/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kings Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 45th 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 Kings Road (CF11 9DF) in the last 12 months was 368.0 per 1,000 residents and was 123.4% 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (CF11 9DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Iestyn Street, where police recorded 96 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 Kings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Springfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order William Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Glynne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turberville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Turberville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Turberville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Turberville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gray Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mortimer Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cathedral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order William Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gileston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Teilo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dogo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Llandaff Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pontcanna Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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