Total Crime Rate
40.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roath Court Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Plasnewydd , and the 343rd lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roath Court Road (CF24 3SD) in the last 12 months was 40.3 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roath Court Road (CF24 3SD), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Timbers Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oakfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Roath Court Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Claude Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claude Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Quail Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claude Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Princes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Princes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Claude Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snipe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cressy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandringham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oakfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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