Total Crime Rate

251.8 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 251.8 10/10
  • Public order 56.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 48.9 8/10
  • Burglary 44.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 7/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Drugs 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

Wellfield Place 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 Place (CF24 3PD) 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 Place (CF24 3PD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wellfield Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wellfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Angus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Vehicle crime Treharris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bangor Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Angus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Angus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Angus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Angus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Angus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Angus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balaclava Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bangor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arran Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Arran Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Angus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angus Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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