Total Crime Rate

164.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 164.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Public order 27.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Meredith 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 Meredith Road (CF24 2SW) 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 Meredith Road (CF24 2SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Park Road, where police recorded 48 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.

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Crime Over Time in Meredith Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunsmuir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Muirton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Muirton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meredith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Muirton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willows Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willows Avenue Under investigation
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 2025Bicycle theft Muirton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willows Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Muirton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mona Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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

Data Sources

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