Total Crime Rate

246.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

119.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 246.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 119.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Public order 43.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.0 10/10
  • Other theft 18.1 9/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kames Place area has the 11th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 86th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kames Place (CF24 0HB) in the last 12 months was 246.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% higher than the Adamsdown average (211.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 119.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kames Place (CF24 0HB), the main crime hotspot is near North Luton Place. Police recorded 143 crimes here, including 93 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kames Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/95)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Luton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Adamscroft Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sanquahar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary South Luton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft South Luton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Moira Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime South Luton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Anderson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Anderson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Anderson Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Orbit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Orbit Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Luton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kames Place —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kames Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kames Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moira Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Luton Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kames Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft West Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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