Total Crime Rate

81.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.5 8/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Arlington Crescent area has the 30th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 438th highest crime rate of 1,028 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 Arlington Crescent (CF3 4HL) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arlington Crescent (CF3 4HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clevedon Road, where police recorded 33 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.

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Crime Over Time in Arlington Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Clevedon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dunkery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Taunton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fremington Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fremington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clevedon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braunton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunkery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bideford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bideford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croyde Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blagdon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clevedon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clevedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taunton Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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