Total Crime Rate
71.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rose 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 Rose Street (CF24 3EA) 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 Rose Street (CF24 3EA), 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.
View Crime In Plasnewydd| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snipe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cyfarthfa Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Elm Street Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arran Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Arran Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plasnewydd Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofts Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Grove Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crofts Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pearson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Castle Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | 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 | Public order | Castle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Treharris Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Lane | — |
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