Total Crime Rate

224.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 224.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.1 10/10
  • Public order 24.7 10/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Clifton Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 114th 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 Clifton Street (CF24 1PW) in the last 12 months was 224.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% higher 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 115.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clifton Street (CF24 1PW), 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 Clifton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Iron 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 2025Shoplifting Emerald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Emerald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Emerald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Emerald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Iron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Anderson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sapphire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Anderson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Anderson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Anderson Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Anderson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anderson Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anderson Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anderson Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anderson Place
Sep 2025Burglary Sapphire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sapphire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clifton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stacey Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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