Total Crime Rate
26.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aster Close area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Rumney , and the 233rd 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 Aster Close (CF3 0JB) in the last 12 months was 26.8 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% lower than the Rumney average (77.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aster Close (CF3 0JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Syon Park Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clos-Yr-Onnen (12 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 | Clos-Yr-Onnen | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulrush Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bassaleg Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salvia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kember Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wren Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Close | Under investigation |
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