Total Crime Rate

27.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

15.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 27.2 3/10
  • Violent crimes 15.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.8 4/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodville Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Cathays , and the 239th lowest crime rate of 1,026 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 Woodville Road (CF2 4DY) in the last 12 months was 27.2 per 1,000 residents and was 90.8% lower than the Cathays average (294.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodville Road (CF2 4DY), the main crime hotspot is near Whitchurch Place. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodville Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Other theft Llandough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Basil Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Whitchurch Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitchurch Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitchurch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitchurch Place —
Oct 2025Other theft Brydges Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Basil Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Burglary Basil Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Whitchurch Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Flora Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Mundy Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Catherine Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Catherine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Minister Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Possession of weapons Whitchurch Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Robbery Whitchurch Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Treorky Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Bicycle theft Llandough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Cogan Terrace Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Mundy Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Mundy Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Mundy Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Mundy Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Lucas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Robbery Whitchurch Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Lucas Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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