Total Crime Rate
518.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spring Gardens Place area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 24th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spring Gardens Place (CF24 1QY) in the last 12 months was 518.2 per 1,000 residents and was 158.9% higher than the Adamsdown average (200.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 115 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 99.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 161.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spring Gardens Place (CF24 1QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harlequin Court (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Adamsdown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlequin Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlequin Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlequin Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlequin Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlequin Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spring Gardens Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spring Gardens Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Florence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arthur Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theodora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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