Total Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 85.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

System Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 415th 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 System Street (CF24 0JG) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.2% lower than the Adamsdown average (200.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around System Street (CF24 0JG), 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 System Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Star Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Constellation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Anderson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Adamsdown Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Adamsdown Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Piercefield Place β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Constellation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Four Elms Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Four Elms Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Four Elms Road β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Four Elms Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Four Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Four Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spruce Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Four Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Emerald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clyde Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order System Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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