Total Crime Rate

487.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

257.3 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 487.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 257.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 149.0 10/10
  • Public order 81.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 47.4 10/10
  • Drugs 31.6 10/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.5 10/10
  • Robbery 13.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.5 9/10
  • Burglary 11.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 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

System Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 28th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 System Street (CF24 0JF) in the last 12 months was 487.6 per 1,000 residents and was 130.9% 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 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 114 (≈ 257.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around System Street (CF24 0JF), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in System Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/111)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Four Elms Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spruce Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cumrae Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longcross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Silver Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Silver Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spruce Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime South Luton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clyde Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Adamsdown Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Adamsdown Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Orbit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Orbit Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Orbit Street Under investigation
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 Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garesfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Luton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cumrae Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cumrae Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kames Place —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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