Total Crime Rate

71.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 71.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Croft Street area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 477th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Croft Street (CF24 3DZ) in the last 12 months was 71.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% lower than the Plasnewydd average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Croft Street (CF24 3DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Claude Place, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Lane (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Croft Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plasnewydd Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Oxford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claude Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Lane Under investigation
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 2025Public order Castle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claude Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Claude Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crofts Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofts Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Partridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Elm Street Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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