Total Crime Rate
251.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellfield Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 87th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Wellfield Road (CF24 3PB) in the last 12 months was 251.8 per 1,000 residents and was 112.6% higher than the Plasnewydd average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 157.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellfield Road (CF24 3PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Angus Street, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Strathnairn Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plasnewydd| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balaclava Road | — |
| 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 | Angus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Claude Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wellfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wellfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wellfield Road | 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 | Public order | Wellfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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