Total Crime Rate

124.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 124.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 76.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Public order 27.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ball Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 254th 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 Ball Road (CF3 4BX) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Llanrumney average (109.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ball Road (CF3 4BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kewstoke Place, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ball Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Drugs Worle Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worle Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ridgeway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hartland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Lynton Close Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kewstoke Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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