Total Crime Rate

168.1 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 168.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Public order 23.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Shoplifting 18.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 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

Bedford Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 171st 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 Bedford Street (CF24 3DA) in the last 12 months was 168.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% higher than the Plasnewydd average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedford Street (CF24 3DA), the main crime hotspot is near Kincraig Street. Police recorded 72 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 Bedford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Plasnewydd Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Princes Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Princes Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princes Court
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plasnewydd Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Northcote Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Pearson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plasnewydd Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kincraig Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plasnewydd Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime City Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kincraig Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Kincraig Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kincraig Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Penlline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Peter'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Peter'S Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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