Total Crime Rate

142.2 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 142.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.3 9/10
  • Public order 24.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Topaz Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 223rd 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 Topaz Street (CF24 1PH) in the last 12 months was 142.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -82.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 85.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Topaz Street (CF24 1PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Four Elms Road, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sapphire Street (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Topaz Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Richards Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richards Place
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Adeline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gwendoline Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adeline Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Asgog Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanier Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pearl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richards Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sapphire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sapphire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sapphire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sapphire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sapphire Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emerald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Emerald Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Emerald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richards Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Helen Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Emerald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pearl Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadway
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadway

Data Sources

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