Total Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blanche Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 427th 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 Blanche Street (CF24 1QS) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blanche Street (CF24 1QS), the main crime hotspot is near Southminster Road. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 41 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 | Vehicle crime | Bradley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southminster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southminster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southminster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Southminster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southminster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bertram Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bertram Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spring Gardens Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spring Gardens Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spring Gardens Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southminster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southminster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Road Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spring Gardens Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swinton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Florence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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