Total Crime Rate

81.1 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 81.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.5 6/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Skaithmuir Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 438th 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 Skaithmuir Road (CF24 2QD) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 47.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skaithmuir Road (CF24 2QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kirkwall Court (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Skaithmuir Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Florence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heol Layard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craigmuir Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Skaithmuir Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stenhousemuir Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kirkwall Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dessmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dessmuir Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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