Total Crime Rate
236.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cowbridge Road East area has the 8th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 101st highest crime rate of 1,028 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 9DN) in the last 12 months was 236.1 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% higher than the Riverside average (164.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 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). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 97.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 94.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowbridge Road East (CF11 9DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Picton Place, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mandeville Street (47 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Lewis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Heath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mandeville Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Littleton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndham Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandeville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clos Dewi Saint | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clos Dewi Saint | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clos Dewi Saint | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ryder Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rolls Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Picton Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Picton Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mandeville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mandeville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mandeville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mandeville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mandeville Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
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