Total Crime Rate

358.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

208.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 358.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 208.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 158.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.7 9/10
  • Public order 41.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.3 10/10
  • Other theft 25.0 10/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Meirion Place area has the highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 47th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 Meirion Place (CF24 2TJ) in the last 12 months was 358.3 per 1,000 residents and was 207.1% 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 Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 208.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

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Crime Over Time in Meirion Place area

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

Data Sources

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