Total Crime Rate

168.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 168.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.3 9/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hardy Place area has the 14th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hardy Place (CF24 3EF) in the last 12 months was 168.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% higher than the Plasnewydd average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardy Place (CF24 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hardy Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Partridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Treharris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glossop Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glossop Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castle Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glossop Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cyfarthfa Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Lane 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

Data Sources

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