Total Crime Rate

101.2 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 101.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 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

Mervyn Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 360th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Mervyn Road (CF24 2SS) in the last 12 months was 101.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mervyn Road (CF24 2SS), the main crime hotspot is near Dunsmuir Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mervyn Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willows Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willows Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willows Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meredith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willows Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willows Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mercia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mercia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Muirton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mona Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dessmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dessmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Muirton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Muirton Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Muirton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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