Total Crime Rate

280.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

135.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 280.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 135.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.1 10/10
  • Other theft 28.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.7 10/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Keen Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Splott , and the 71st highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Keen Road (CF24 5JW) in the last 12 months was 280.4 per 1,000 residents and was 140.2% higher than the Splott average (116.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -36.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 135.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keen Road (CF24 5JW), the main crime hotspot is near Spruce Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Keen Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Adamsdown Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Sanquahar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Applewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bayside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prince Leopold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Inchmarnock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garesfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hickory Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary East Moors Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary East Moors Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arrol Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Adamsdown Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order East Moors Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cumrae Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cumrae Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cumrae Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Galston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clyde Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clyde Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Galston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kames Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kames Place —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kames Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kames Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kames Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spruce Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spruce Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Adamscroft Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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