Total Crime Rate
195.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dunkery Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 139th 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 Dunkery Close (CF3 4HH) in the last 12 months was 195.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.6% 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 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunkery Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Llanrumney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cannington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braunton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnstaple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clevedon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clevedon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clevedon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Braunton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clevedon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Worle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arlington Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Croyde Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kewstoke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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