Total Crime Rate
71.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Croft 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.
View Crime In Plasnewydd| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plasnewydd Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Oxford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oxford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Castle Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Castle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claude Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snipe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claude Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crofts Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofts Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Partridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wordsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Elm Street Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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