Total Crime Rate

105.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Whitmuir Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 343rd 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 Whitmuir Road (CF24 2QE) in the last 12 months was 105.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% 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 19 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 Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 70.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitmuir Road (CF24 2QE), the main crime hotspot is near Pengam Road. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitmuir Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Skaithmuir Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Avonmuir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Avonmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gallamuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Taymuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pengam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pengam Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mona Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deemuir Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deemuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kenmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dessmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dessmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Storrar Place
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 Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kirkwall Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kirkwall Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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