Total Crime Rate

243.5 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 243.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 36.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Other theft 25.9 10/10
  • Burglary 15.5 10/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Roath Court Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 1,028 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 243.5 per 1,000 residents and was 105.6% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 88.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roath Court Road (CF24 3SB), 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 Roath Court Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
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 Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roath Court Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ladysmith Road 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 2025Criminal damage and arson 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 2025Other theft Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snipe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Connaught Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westville Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Oakfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trafalgar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trafalgar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Trafalgar Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Trafalgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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