Total Crime Rate

118.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 62.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Public order 10.8 8/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitmuir Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitmuir Road (CF24 2QE) in the last 12 months was 118.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% higher than the Splott average (116.7 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitmuir Road (CF24 2QE), the main crime hotspot is near Kirkwall Court. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 33 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmuir Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Court
Apr 2026Public order Glanmuir Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Skaithmuir Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avonmuir Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deemuir Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Deemuir Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Deemuir Square
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Deemuir Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cairnmuir Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cairnmuir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avonmuir Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmuir Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmuir Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmuir Road
Apr 2026Public order Kirkwall Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pengam Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Meirion Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meirion Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baden Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stenhousemuir Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gallamuir Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gallamuir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitmuir Road

Data Sources

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