Total Crime Rate

92.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Railway Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 389th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Railway Street (CF24 2DH) in the last 12 months was 92.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% lower than the Splott average (121.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Railway Street (CF24 2DH), the main crime hotspot is near Clifton Street. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Railway Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pearl Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Asgog Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gwendoline Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Howard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nora Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nora Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pearl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pearl Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pearl Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pearl Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Agate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adeline Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Adeline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Adeline Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ordell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Adeline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Janet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Janet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanier Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nora Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilkinson Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clifton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clifton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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