Total Crime Rate

80.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cottrell Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 441st highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottrell Road (CF24 3EZ) in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Cottrell Road (CF24 3EZ), the main crime hotspot is near Claude Place. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cottrell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plasnewydd Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wellfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wellfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wellfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wellfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claude Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wellfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Elm Street Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofts Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crofts Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Claude Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Claude Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claude Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balaclava Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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