Total Crime Rate
98.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pearl Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 347th 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 Pearl Street (CF24 1PP) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pearl Street (CF24 1PP), the main crime hotspot is near Sapphire Street. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adeline Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Topaz Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Topaz Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bertram Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pearl Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pearl Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearl Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sapphire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Richards Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearl Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nora Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nora Street | — |
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