Total Crime Rate

168.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 168.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.3 9/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Newport Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newport Road (CF24 0AF) in the last 12 months was 168.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% higher than the Plasnewydd average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newport Road (CF24 0AF), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newport Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/98)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Oakfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Piercefield Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Star Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order System Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Constellation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Burglary Partridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orbit Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orbit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Planet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Planet Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Planet Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Elm Street Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meteor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moira Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Constellation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Four Elms Road —
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Data Sources

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