Total Crime Rate

168.0 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 168.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.3 9/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Shelley Walk area has the 14th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 172nd 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 Shelley Walk (CF24 3DX) in the last 12 months was 168.0 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 Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shelley Walk (CF24 3DX), the main crime hotspot is near Glossop Road. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shelley Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cyfarthfa Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howard Terrace
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newport Road Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Elm Street Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glossop Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Glossop Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Glossop Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Glossop Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castle Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Lane
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Treharris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glossop Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glossop Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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