Total Crime Rate

183.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 183.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 69.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 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

New Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 153rd 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 New Road (CF3 3AE) in the last 12 months was 183.0 per 1,000 residents and was 69.9% higher than the Llanrumney average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -58.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (CF3 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Primrose Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brachdy Lane (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Northlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Northlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caeglas Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caeglas Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tyr-Y-Sarn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brachdy Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brachdy Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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