Crime Rates at Lily Street, Cardiff, CF24 3EB

Lily Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 252nd highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lily Street (CF24 3EB) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% higher than the Plasnewydd average (118.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lily Street (CF24 3EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Lane, where police recorded 79 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.