Total Crime Rate

91.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 91.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Drugs 12.5 9/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Elm Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 393rd highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elm Street (CF24 3RL) in the last 12 months was 91.7 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2022. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elm Street (CF24 3RL), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Elm Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/91)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Planet Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Planet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Burglary Partridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cyril Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orbit Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orbit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Planet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Cyril Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Planet Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cyril Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofts Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crofts Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Elm Street Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glossop Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Four Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Silver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Silver Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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