Total Crime Rate
164.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Moorland Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 181st highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Moorland Road (CF24 2LG) in the last 12 months was 164.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 82.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorland Road (CF24 2LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Splott Road, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunsmuir Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Splott| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Florence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Muirton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hinton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hinton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | South Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muirton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Muirton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Muirton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seymour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Muirton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Muirton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Muirton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Muirton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Muirton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Muirton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muirton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hinton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | South Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Splott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunsmuir Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunsmuir Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunsmuir Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunsmuir Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heol Layard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craigmuir Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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