Total Crime Rate
248.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roath Court Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 84th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 Roath Court Road (CF24 3SB) in the last 12 months was 248.7 per 1,000 residents and was 109.5% higher than the Plasnewydd average (118.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 119.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roath Court Road (CF24 3SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Claude Place, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakfield Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Trafalgar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balaclava Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Balaclava Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balaclava Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balaclava Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cressy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandringham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snipe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottrell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claude Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Claude Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Claude Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snipe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Roath Court Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Place | Under investigation |
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