Total Crime Rate

108.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Burglary 11.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Ball Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 333rd 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 Ball Road (CF3 4JD) in the last 12 months was 108.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ball Road (CF3 4JD), the main crime hotspot is near Ball Lane. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ball Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Clovelly Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Clovelly Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clovelly Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ball Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ball Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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