Total Crime Rate

5.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 5.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.5 1/10
  • Burglary 1.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.5 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Coburn Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Cathays , and the 23rd lowest 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 Coburn Street (CF24 4BQ) in the last 12 months was 5.9 per 1,000 residents and was 98.0% lower than the Cathays average (292.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 1.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coburn Street (CF24 4BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Violet Row. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Coburn Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Glynrhondda Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glynrhondda Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Senghennydd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braeval Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Braeval Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Llantwit Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gordon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lowther Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Crwys Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Salisbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rhymney Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lowther Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Violet Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Violet Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Violet Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Violet Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Museum Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhymney Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richards Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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