Total Crime Rate

113.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.5 8/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 7.6 8/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Connaught Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 315th 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 Connaught Road (CF24 3PX) in the last 12 months was 113.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Connaught Road (CF24 3PX), the main crime hotspot is near Oakfield Street. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Connaught Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Connaught Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Elm Street Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Partridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofts Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crofts Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Albany Road Under investigation
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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claude Place —
Sep 2025Burglary Claude Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claude Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Claude Place 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Claude Place 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 2025Public order Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottrell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellfield Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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