Total Crime Rate

119.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 119.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 82.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 4/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Madoc Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 265th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Madoc Road (CF24 2TB) in the last 12 months was 119.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 82.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Madoc Road (CF24 2TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willows Avenue, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Muirton Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Madoc Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmuir Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmuir Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmuir Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Willows Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmuir Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Meirion Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meirion Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitmuir Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dalmuir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baden Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Willows Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Willows Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Willows Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Willows Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mervyn Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meredith Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mona Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cairnmuir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercia Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercia Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cairnmuir Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Willows Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Muirton Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Madoc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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