Total Crime Rate

518.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 518.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 312.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 82.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Public order 31.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.4 10/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 8/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newport Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Adamsdown , and the 24th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 Newport Road (CF24 1RS) in the last 12 months was 518.2 per 1,000 residents and was 145.3% higher than the Adamsdown average (211.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 129 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 82.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newport Road (CF24 1RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southminster Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newport Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/66)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southminster Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southminster Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southminster Road —
Apr 2026Public order Spring Gardens Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watford Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spring Gardens Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spring Gardens Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Watford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spring Gardens Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Arthur Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Southminster Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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