Total Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rose Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 435th lowest crime rate of 1,013 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 54.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% lower than the Plasnewydd average (118.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rose Street (CF24 3EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kincraig Street, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Avenue (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pearson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kincraig Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottrell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kincraig Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kincraig Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kincraig Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Glenroy Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kincraig Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenroy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenroy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kincraig Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claude Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kincraig Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oxford Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hardy Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hardy Place | Awaiting court outcome |
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