Total Crime Rate
192.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ruby Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Ruby Street (CF24 1LN) in the last 12 months was 192.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% lower than the Adamsdown average (200.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ruby Street (CF24 1LN), 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.
View Crime In Adamsdown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Orbit Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gwendoline Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanier Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sapphire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sapphire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sapphire Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Emerald Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Emerald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Emerald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Emerald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Iron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Anderson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richards Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Anderson Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stacey Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pearl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertram Street | Under investigation |
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