Total Crime Rate
243.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dunkery Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 94th 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 Dunkery Close (CF3 4HH) in the last 12 months was 243.2 per 1,000 residents and was 125.8% higher than the Llanrumney average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 109.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 121.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunkery Close (CF3 4HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kewstoke Place, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croyde Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Llanrumney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kewstoke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Worle Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clevedon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clevedon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blagdon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Croyde Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunkery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunkery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braunton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Taunton Avenue | Under investigation |
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