Total Crime Rate

243.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 243.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 36.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Other theft 25.9 10/10
  • Burglary 15.5 10/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 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

Albany Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Albany Road (CF24 3NT) in the last 12 months was 243.5 per 1,000 residents and was 105.6% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 88.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Albany Road (CF24 3NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Angus Street, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Claude Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Albany Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claude Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wellfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wellfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wellfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wellfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellfield Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Treharris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wellfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bangor Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Bangor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arran Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Arran Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wellfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wellfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wellfield Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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