Total Crime Rate

69.3 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 69.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.8 10/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Mortimer Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Riverside , and the 488th highest 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 Mortimer Road (CF11 9LA) in the last 12 months was 69.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% lower than the Riverside average (164.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Road (CF11 9LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Iestyn Street, where police recorded 162 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairleigh Court (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mortimer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery 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 2025Bicycle theft Dogo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Llandaff Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Llandaff Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llandaff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairleigh Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Iestyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairleigh Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kings Road 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
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
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teilo Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Plasturton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plasturton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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