Total Crime Rate
243.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Albany 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.
View Crime In Plasnewydd| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wellfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Treharris Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bangor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bangor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Snipe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arran Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Arran Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snipe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balaclava Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balaclava Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balaclava Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balaclava Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wellfield Place | Under investigation |
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