Total Crime Rate

65.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 65.4 6/10
  • Violent crimes 49.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.8 10/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Chesterton Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 505th lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chesterton Road (CF3 5NG) in the last 12 months was 65.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chesterton Road (CF3 5NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Somerset Court, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazlitt Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Llanrumney

Crime Over Time in Chesterton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Somerset Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parracombe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Somerset Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Macaulay Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnstaple Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hazlitt Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Croyde Avenue
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashburton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashburton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parracombe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Burnham Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fielding Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Williton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petherton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ruskin Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Braunton Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malmsmead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Browning Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Braunton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Williton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Malmsmead Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.